Re: [myhdl-list] Python 2.5 released!

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George Pantazopoulos wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
>     Over the past 3 years, I've run RedHat, Gentoo, and Debian (in that 
> order). I thought Linux actually was nice for developing (once you get 
> it set up), but I didn't like it as a general desktop. And installing a 
> new video card or other hardware was often way too much of a pain and 
> interrupted my flow. Too much learning and tinkering needed IMHO. I've 
> been there, done that. I want my computer to 'just work' so I can create 
> new things now.
> 

Hi George,

Yes, I understand that. There is a steep learning curve with Linux and
with some hardware it can become a nightmare.

>     Sadly, Windows has a leg up on Linux in that respect. I've found a 
> nice working balance using Windows XP and cygwin together. Not sure 
> where the FPGA software stands, but ultimately, I think, I want a Mac 
> (::drool::).

I feel like the 3D desktop is one place where Linux is advanced over
Windows. Suse 10.2 started using that http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xgl.
Though, as you said, getting the hardware to go if it is not supported
adds some extra work. Sounds like the Mac also has already something
like that.



> I've done dual-boot and I think that's a good idea in general. Something 
> I'd rather do now is run Linux and Windows side-by-side AND be able to 
> copy/paste stuff across the divide... got any ideas for that? VMWare?
> 

On my Windows partition I am also using cygwin. I ran across something
called coLinux http://www.colinux.org/ I haven't tried it, but it seems
to be a way to run Linux under Windows.

The other way around is XEN under Linux, which is an open source version
of VMWare, though I wonder how good it will be in running Windows.

Do you really need to run it side-by-side or just have access to data
from both domains?

I am using an extra ext3 partition for that. There is a driver under
Windows to access ext3 partitions and so I put all my data and emails on
that partition. Using Thunderbird as email client I am able to have
access to the emails from both domains.

Cheers and Happy New Year,

Guenter