On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Jonathan Roberts <gremln007@gmail.com>wrote:
> If you do run into a problem with old printers and specialty software under
> Linux, you might consider looking at the Win XP mode in Windows 7. It is
> supposed to work well.
>
> (Ducking for cover since this is a Linux list!)
> Jonathan
>
>
>
Actually, I'm trying to deep-six 7 because the manufacturers aren't about to
update the drivers for my stuff and I want something more secure on a whole
host of levels.
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>wrote:
>
>> So we're using VirtualBox to run our XP machines on some new hardware.
>> The new hardware of course is running Windows 7.
>>
>> My question is what version of Linux would you recommend...if we were to
>> strip Windows 7 off these machines of course. It has to be stable (linux, I
>> know, but there are some crappy distros out there that I'd like to avoid if
>> possible) and it must NOT get in the way of some specialty printers we use.
>> The printers and our old software is the #1 reason we're keeping XP.
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>> Clint
>>
>
>
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