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Posted: 7/4/2012 3:13:01 AM EST
I made a bootable 16 GB USB drive a while back just to play around with Ubunti 11.10 and liked it so much  I was using it more than Windows 7. Yesterday  I bought a 120 GB SanDisk Extreme SSD and installed Ubuntu 12.04. I still have my Windows drive just in case, but I am really liking 12.04. I haven't had problems doing anything I need to do with it (so far). The speed difference between the SSD and my old hard drive is very noticeable.  
 
Link Posted: 7/4/2012 2:03:02 PM EST
[#1]
Nope. I could, but it would be more hassle than it is worth. Just VM it and go full screen for Linux.

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Link Posted: 7/4/2012 2:08:16 PM EST
[#2]
I use it on EVERYTHING except for 1 system because of driver issues. Otherwise I use it at work, on all my laptops, servers, etc.

I do keep a virtual box instance of windows around to run certain windows only programs like the vsphere agent for controlling esxi servers.
Link Posted: 7/4/2012 2:09:10 PM EST
[#3]
Yeah I'm probably going to set up a virtual machine with XP just in case too. So far everything works fine.
 
Link Posted: 7/4/2012 2:28:50 PM EST
[#4]
Linux is the only thing I use on my laptop and a few other computers. I keep Windows on my gaming computer, but that's it.

 
Link Posted: 7/4/2012 3:04:50 PM EST
[#5]
it's on everything I own
Link Posted: 7/5/2012 6:34:26 AM EST
[#6]

I use Ubuntu on my laptops and desktops almost exclusively.  The only exception is the one Windows 7 partition I have for gaming.

On my servers I use FreeBSD.
Link Posted: 7/5/2012 11:04:21 AM EST
[#7]
Only problem so far  is that IronKey refuses to work with 64 bit Linux. Slightly annoying, but not a  big deal. Dropbox works fine with Truecrypt, so I'll use that until  I can figure out a better solution.

 
Link Posted: 7/5/2012 11:13:03 AM EST
[#8]
Yep, running Linux on all 3 laptops and a netbook.
Link Posted: 7/5/2012 4:27:37 PM EST
[#9]
Unfortunately Microsoft is seeking to crush Linux with their new EUFI Secure Boot which will replace BIOS on computers with Windows 8.  The only distribution that's agreed to use Microsoft's key is Fedora.

Hell, those new Windows 8 machines won't even be able to retro boot XP or Win 7.
Link Posted: 7/5/2012 5:36:05 PM EST
[#10]
Windows XP on work laptop (only way for VPN client to work) and Ubuntu 11.04 (64-bit) on the workstation in the office.

Windows 7 Pro and OS X (10.6.8) at home with an Ubuntu VM (VMware) on the NAS as needed.
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