Comments on: How To Make My Computer Safe http://www.thechroniclesofwulfgarnia.com/268/how-to-make-my-computer-safe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-my-computer-safe ...and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys. ---Douglas Adams Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:13:11 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wulfgar http://www.thechroniclesofwulfgarnia.com/268/how-to-make-my-computer-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Wulfgar Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:48:37 +0000 http://www.thechroniclesofwulfgarnia.com/uncategorized/how-to-make-my-computer-safe/#comment-72 I'm also at the point where I want everything to just work. I've been doing computers long enough now, and honestly, I have less and less patience for the constantly "at the ready" of having to fiddle with minutiae all the time. I'm going to check out the Crossover Linux and Crossover Gaming you mention above. There are still a handful of Windows apps or games that I simply don't want to give up. So are you saying Crossover Gaming should replace the idea of a virtual machine for running MS apps, for instance? I've actually just installed VirtualBox on my Ubuntu side, and I'm searching for my XP disk to install. I’m also at the point where I want everything to just work. I’ve been doing computers long enough now, and honestly, I have less and less patience for the constantly “at the ready” of having to fiddle with minutiae all the time.

I’m going to check out the Crossover Linux and Crossover Gaming you mention above. There are still a handful of Windows apps or games that I simply don’t want to give up.

So are you saying Crossover Gaming should replace the idea of a virtual machine for running MS apps, for instance? I’ve actually just installed VirtualBox on my Ubuntu side, and I’m searching for my XP disk to install.

]]> By: ^chewie http://www.thechroniclesofwulfgarnia.com/268/how-to-make-my-computer-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-68 ^chewie Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:56:39 +0000 http://www.thechroniclesofwulfgarnia.com/uncategorized/how-to-make-my-computer-safe/#comment-68 To tell you the truth, I'm tired of working on computers 24/7. I want something that "Just Works", that I don't have to worry about BSoD's or whether or not things are backed up. That being said, I would probably take a 2-tiered approach. 1) NAS device. Self-contained, RAID'ed disk. Shares over NFS, SMB, SFTP -- FreeNAS to be more specific. 2) RAM-filled laptop running Ubuntu 9.10. Backups with BackupPC -- works beautifully. Backs my wife's Mac up without any problems. If you need Windows apps, Crossover Linux or Crossover Gaming. Much better than trying to do VMware or virtual hosting on the same hard drive as your primary OS. I still host email at home, but I'm also tired of worrying about that; I do enough of this at work every day. I'll probably move it to Google or Gandi.net hosting. There's enough hosting apps and environments out there that I don't need to have a server any more. Good luck! To tell you the truth, I’m tired of working on computers 24/7. I want something that “Just Works”, that I don’t have to worry about BSoD’s or whether or not things are backed up. That being said, I would probably take a 2-tiered approach. 1) NAS device. Self-contained, RAID’ed disk. Shares over NFS, SMB, SFTP — FreeNAS to be more specific. 2) RAM-filled laptop running Ubuntu 9.10.

Backups with BackupPC — works beautifully. Backs my wife’s Mac up without any problems. If you need Windows apps, Crossover Linux or Crossover Gaming. Much better than trying to do VMware or virtual hosting on the same hard drive as your primary OS. I still host email at home, but I’m also tired of worrying about that; I do enough of this at work every day. I’ll probably move it to Google or Gandi.net hosting. There’s enough hosting apps and environments out there that I don’t need to have a server any more.

Good luck!

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