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[Shaman]

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Linux is pretty much on par with Windows from a UI perspective, so I think it's more about application compatibility where developers aren't porting popular Windows-only apps to run natively on Linux. I check every once in a while if I can switch away from Windows but eventually find something that makes me come back.

I suppose I get that but they are generally very vertical applications.

And those you could run in Virtualbox or something on top of Linux, if absolute Windoze compatibility is required. Maximize the app and run it like it's just another app on your toolbar.

 

[Relax]

I suppose I get that but they are generally very vertical applications.

And those you could run in Virtualbox or something on top of Linux, if absolute Windoze compatibility is required. Maximize the app and run it like it's just another app on your toolbar.

Yeah, but now you're running two OS's plus a hypervisor on your computer. Not worth it. And this is coming from someone who runs an ESXi server in his basement.

 

[Shaman]

Yeah, but now you're running two OS's plus a hypervisor on your computer. Not worth it. And this is coming from someone who runs an ESXi server in his basement.

If you require Windows 7 or lower to run your app, you're not going to make that work on modern hardware, and you'll be relegated to doing this anyway. So really, aucune différence.

 

[Relax]

If you require Windows 7 or lower to run your app, you're not going to make that work on modern hardware, and you'll be relegated to doing this anyway. So really, aucune différence.

Well, yes, if you MUST run legacy apps alongside current apps with different OS requirements on the same physical PC.

I was referring to my own desire to switch OS from Windows to Linux just for "fun". I haven't been able to do it because there's always been a few Windows-only apps that I just can do without and native Linux alternatives don't work as well. So if switching to Linux means I still have to run a copy of Windows in a VM on Linux, then it's not worth it (to me).

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