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photon · 05-31-2010, 10:41 PM

It depends entirely on what you mean by getting some real work done, it'll boil down to the apps you need basically.

OpenOffice with the latest version I think has come a long way.

If you want to develop .NET apps in Linux, Mono is what you want. Though really 99% of .NET apps are for Windows, so it makes more sense to develop there I think. And I wouldn't dual boot, I'd run Windows in a virtual machine (if I wanted Linux as my primary OS).

No idea with MobileMe with Linux, but isn't that just browser based? Wikipedia says Firefox 3 works on Linux with MobileMe with a warning. Or you could maybe use Wine to get Safari running?

The latest version of Ubuntu just came out and it's probably the closest thing to a real primetime desktop OS, and its come a long way but I still wouldn't say it's for the general public.

05-31-2010, 10:41 PM	#2
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	It depends entirely on what you mean by getting some real work done, it'll boil down to the apps you need basically. OpenOffice with the latest version I think has come a long way. If you want to develop .NET apps in Linux, Mono is what you want. Though really 99% of .NET apps are for Windows, so it makes more sense to develop there I think. And I wouldn't dual boot, I'd run Windows in a virtual machine (if I wanted Linux as my primary OS). No idea with MobileMe with Linux, but isn't that just browser based? Wikipedia says Firefox 3 works on Linux with MobileMe with a warning. Or you could maybe use Wine to get Safari running? The latest version of Ubuntu just came out and it's probably the closest thing to a real primetime desktop OS, and its come a long way but I still wouldn't say it's for the general public. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.