Comments on: Bugged by a Bugcheck http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/10/07/bugged-by-a-bugcheck/ Jason J. Thomas' Weblog: Now with more cowbell! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:18:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Paul http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/10/07/bugged-by-a-bugcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-45511 Paul Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:06:11 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-45511 I don't think a netbook will give you they freedom to tinker with linux as much as you might like. And if you are running games using linux as a base OS and running XP in a VM on top of might be more hassle than it is worth. I don’t think a netbook will give you they freedom to tinker with linux as much as you might like. And if you are running games using linux as a base OS and running XP in a VM on top of might be more hassle than it is worth.

]]> By: JJT http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/10/07/bugged-by-a-bugcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-45509 JJT Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:26:41 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-45509 I have given that some thought. I am still leaning in the direction of getting a netbook--be it an Asus Eee or the Dell Mini--and making that my Linux playground. Granted, doing it on my desktop means I have a lot more hardware to throw at it. Honestly, I have thought about it. Only concern I have, really, is gaming, but I know there are workarounds for that, too. I have given that some thought. I am still leaning in the direction of getting a netbook–be it an Asus Eee or the Dell Mini–and making that my Linux playground. Granted, doing it on my desktop means I have a lot more hardware to throw at it. Honestly, I have thought about it. Only concern I have, really, is gaming, but I know there are workarounds for that, too.

]]> By: Paul http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/2008/10/07/bugged-by-a-bugcheck/comment-page-1/#comment-45507 Paul Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:33:16 +0000 http://www.baltimoremick.com/blog/?p=1491#comment-45507 I feel your pain. I had a solaris box that just keep rebooting for a while a couple years back. Swapping hardware was the only solution to that problem. As far as Vista is concerned I hear SP1 has improved things a lot. Of course you could explore a 3rd option, use Linux as a base OS and have a VM of WinXP for when you need it. I feel your pain. I had a solaris box that just keep rebooting for a while a couple years back. Swapping hardware was the only solution to that problem.

As far as Vista is concerned I hear SP1 has improved things a lot.

Of course you could explore a 3rd option, use Linux as a base OS and have a VM of WinXP for when you need it.

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