Linux + Windows install question

Neil Schelly neil at jenandneil.com
Fri Oct 28 08:25:01 EDT 2005


> On Thursday 27 October 2005 08:43 pm, Peter wrote:
>     I do keep a small Win98 partition on my travel laptop for some math
> and engineering programs that only exist for Windows.  However, I find
separate computers to be a much better solution for office work.  With
hardware so cheap and many very capable retired computers available, you
might consider a KVM switch.

My work setup requires a couple Windows apps because they mostly use
Windows here.   My primary desktop is a Linux box running KDE and I got an
old machine that was going to be scrapped, put XP on it with Remote
Desktop enabled and it's otherwise headless.  The 4th virtual desktop on
my Linux box just has a remote desktop session opened to it, with advanced
windows settings "Keep Below Others" and "No Border" enabled.
Effectively, I have 3 linux desktops and 1 Windows desktop and don't have
to do any KVM switching.

It's a really nice setup for this stuff.
-N





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