Uh, you could also show it off at the next Westside PLUG meeting on Dec 8 -- yes, a one-time date change to allow for two holidays.......we will return to normalcy in January. At 06:16 PM 11/16/2010, you wrote: >Hiya, > I just want to verify location and time of the next >Westside Avondale/Goodyear informal "Stammtisch" meet. >"Sal's Tusan Grill" on McDowell at 7:00 pm this Thursday the 18th? >Or is that "Tuscan"... Or is that Wednesday the 17th? >The PLUG website needs work. It's calendar thinks today is the 17th. >I think today is the 16th (in the PM). > >Multi-Boot vs. VM: > There's been some talk about using Win XP in Linux VM emulation >for developing/debugging web pages. Specifically, for that buggy M$ I.E. >This method may be OK when using XP's Internet Explorer, >but what will you do when M$ upgrades Vista and Seven but not XP? >Vista and Seven do not allow running in VM (by E.U.L.A. license). >Microsoft ain't stupid. XP is about ready for the upgrade cascade. > Lately, the "ntfsresize" utility has been wonderous with NTFS partitions. >Instead of VM, I do not hesitate to recommend a "grub" multi-boot >(using a newer M$ system) to avoid when XP's I.E. becomes >yet another software-war casualty. > I recently aquired an 80Gb laptop and have set it up as multi-boot. >Currently it's a work-in-progress, but XP and Fedora 12 are so far >happy together, with room for Win98 and a second major Linux distro. > >Stammtisch: > I'd love to show it off, and discuss grub's capabilities at the meet. >So, where and when is the next Westside Stammtisch? Really. > > (-: Chas.M. :-) >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss