[Discuss] UbuntuOne alternatives

[John Blomfield]

On 04/08/2014 08:42 AM, Murray Strome wrote:
> Since I do a lot of video editing in Windows (which needs all the 
> speed I can get) and most of my other work in LINUX, it is very 
> convenient to have one computer running LINUX and another (sharing the 
> monitor, keyboard and mouse since I don't have room for two of each) 
> so I can switch back and forth. 
How much data are we talking about here?

One alternative to Alan's thin clients would be to have one fast Linux 
computer with lots of RAM and run Windows on a virtual machine (eg 
VirtualBox). Its easy to share files / folders between Linux and Windows 
on the Linux file system and also back the lot up to an external or 
internal drive. If you are dealing with less than 2 TB portable drives 
are readily available, even, four 2 TB drives would be less weight than 
a laptop.

I run Windows in VirtualBox on openSuse with 8GB Ram (I never run out of 
Ram) for all my main desktop needs and carry any files when traveling on 
a portable drive the size of which varies according to my needs for that 
trip. The benefit of running Windows on a Virtual Drive is that you can 
move it from one Linux box to another with all its apps and not have to 
re-install anything. You can also backup the Windows Machine on your 
portable drive.

John

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