If you dual boot Linux, what makes you keep your other OS around? If you're just playing around with Linux to learn it, I'd recommend a Virtual Machine - it makes it much easier to boot it up and you don't need to interrupt your primary OS session.
If you want to use Linux as a primary OS, what's holding you back? While MS Office has a few neat features and looks nicer, OpenOffice.org (or LibreOffice) is good enough and improving all the time. I have a legitimate copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 that I paid a mint for, but really Gimp should cover the majority of users and I haven't felt the need to try to get Photoshop to install under Linux. MakeMKV has replaced DVDFab. And using CrossOver Games allows me to play the Windows games I'm interested in.
I also have a Windows Virtual Machine on my Linux box in case I need to run some odd program (StokerLog was the most recent, but I've since written my own version under Linux). I have a Windows VM on my server for PlayOn, but neither of those cause me to want to dual boot.
Are there any key applications you need help migrating to Linux equivalents (or just getting them to run under Linux)? Sometimes there's a learning curve, and some things may be a bit more difficult to do, but other things are much easier in the Linux equivalent.
If you want to use Linux as a primary OS, what's holding you back? While MS Office has a few neat features and looks nicer, OpenOffice.org (or LibreOffice) is good enough and improving all the time. I have a legitimate copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 that I paid a mint for, but really Gimp should cover the majority of users and I haven't felt the need to try to get Photoshop to install under Linux. MakeMKV has replaced DVDFab. And using CrossOver Games allows me to play the Windows games I'm interested in.
I also have a Windows Virtual Machine on my Linux box in case I need to run some odd program (StokerLog was the most recent, but I've since written my own version under Linux). I have a Windows VM on my server for PlayOn, but neither of those cause me to want to dual boot.
Are there any key applications you need help migrating to Linux equivalents (or just getting them to run under Linux)? Sometimes there's a learning curve, and some things may be a bit more difficult to do, but other things are much easier in the Linux equivalent.