[clue-tech] Windows 7 recommendation

[chris fedde]

IMHO. Your best option will be to install linuix in a vbox, or other
virtualization system.  That way you can "toe the company line"
keeping all their bits in their place and still have a pretty
reasonable performance linux operating at the same time.   A modern
desk top system with enough ram should be able to support a quite
usable linux vm.  The key to usability here is to ensure that the host
and guest do not contend for ram.

Flipping this and letting Linux host windows will have two main
problems.  First the windows performance in the VM might not be as
usable as typical linux in a vm.  Second you run the risk of causing
problems with your local support staff since they probably are not
quite up to speed on things they don't support directly.

Three other options that might be interesting to you:
* User Mode Linux runs linux as a "service" under windows
* Use Cygwin gives you most of the GNU tools w/o the overhead of
actualy running a kernel.
* Conventional dual boot lets you boot either into linux or into
windows at the control of grub.

Just food for thought.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Jason Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
>> So, Windows on the metal and a Linux in VBox. No, hard drive encryption
>> shouldn't mess that up much more than it messes up any other app, but check
>> the VBox and Encryption Anywhere support sites to be sure.
>
> I thought it was Linux installed side-by-side with the pre-existing
> Windows7.  Booting into Linux.  Accessing the Windows 7 partition via
> Virtualbox.
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