[nzlug] Where to start... where to start...

[Nick Taylor]

Hello folks. Noob here.


For years I've been saying "right that's the last MS machine I'm going 
to get" and now it's finally happened. New Laptop... Vista pre-installed 
(entirely against my will) but with xp on disc if so-desired etc...

so it looks like Ubuntu is where I'm headed.

I write web-apps for people who use Windows and IE, so I'm kindof 
thinking that maybe it might be a good idea if I can dip into Windows/IE 
for testing things, but the rest of the time stay with Linux.

Which (I imagine) would probably mean either having a dual-boot system 
or running windows in some sort of... window, or something. Which I'd 
prefer because... rebooting is a pain in the arse.

What do you reckon?

I'm a fairly adept PHP bloke (about 8 years experience etc) - but my 
linux knowledge is about the same as my dos knowledge... about 10 words 
- Enough for rudimentry server admin, but that's about it.


Any pointers, advice etc?




Nick

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