[Gllug] OT: unix on windows

[Karanbir Singh]

Steve Nelson wrote:
> On 4/14/06, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:18:46AM +0100, Ben Fitzgerald wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just started a new job where the corporate PC runs windows only (plus
>>> this is my first experience with lotus notes but let's not go there!).
>>>
>>> At home and in my last post linux was/is my O/S, so I've not been in
>>> this situation for a while. I'm wondering what gllug users can suggest
>>> to ease the transition.
>> Repartition the box, install the latest Xen and your favourite Linux.
> 
> If there's a corporate windows system, there's a probably a corporate
> IT team and desktop support team.  Messing about with their machine on
> your first week of joining is likely to get people's backs up,
> assuming you even have the privs to do so.  Getting buy-in for the
> corporate windows image installed under xen is also hugely unlikely.
> 

there is always vmplayer... Would there be a need to bend IT policy in 
order to install such stuff on there ? ( since cygwin is already on 
there, I'd presume its ok to install fluff )

also, i dont think Xen's out-of-the-box support for Win/ unmodified 
linux kernel - is in production as yet. Although some of the Core Duo's 
support VT, I've not seen a bios out in the wild that actually 
does-the-right-thing.

- K
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