[Nottingham] Better than Windows? was: Response on awareness day

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Thu Nov 3 20:07:37 GMT 2005


Cam wrote:
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> a linux box running a vmware image of windows is the solution. The linux 
> box can be locked down and when the windows image gets spyware or bloat 
> it can just be re-initialised (a lot faster than reinstalling)

Yes, I'm still amazed at how very long the Windows installs take!

I do something similar in that the Windows boxes are Ghosted so that 
when they get hit, its then just simply (quickly) reload their disk image.

Cheers,
Martin

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