My eventual desire is to build a system similar to the 2 gamers one box scenario that LTT did. On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:04 PM Kevin Fries wrote: > One thing every Linux user knows is that not all software is created > equal. While I find some of the standard tools we use (like InkScape, and > Gimp) to be actually better than most paid options in Windows (sure some of > the expensive graphical tools will exceed the Linux tools, but the > mid-range and low cost ones are often better in Linux). > > However there are some tools that really have no replacement. Visio is > one of the best known ones. One trick I have used with great success is > RDesktop with SeamlessRDP. Rather than running windows as a VirtualBox and > trying to move back and forth. You can actually have windows programs > (running in a VM in the background) appear on your desktop like first class > Linux apps. > > Works really, really well if you take the time to set it up right, and > freaks out your windows friends when you show them the new Linux port of > Adobe Photoshop. Watch them Google the heck out of it. LOL. > > Kevin > > Sent from BlueMail > On Apr 30, 2019, at 4:06 PM, David Schwartz > wrote: >> >> I have an odd question … suppose I wanted to take a fairly vanilla >> Windows computer with Win 7 … 10 on it, like your typical Dell or Lenovo or >> Asus laptop or desktop; suck that OS install with all the apps into a >> VirtualBox VM; copy that VM off to a backup drive; fully reformat the HDD >> and install some friendly version of Linux; and finally load up VirtualBox >> and then the VM and make the VM work so it looked and acted virtually >> identical to how it did before. >> >> So, I’m not asking HOW to do this … I wouldn’t have much trouble doing it >> myself. >> >> What I’m wondering is if there are any resources around that would >> explain how an average person could do it without much trouble? Videos, >> books, eBooks, tutorials, whatever. >> >> Also, for anybody who’s been through this process, how long did it take? >> Or how long would you expect it to take based on similar experiences? >> >> -David Schwartz >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen