On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > Ubuntu has now caught up with Windows in the bloatware department and can no longer make this claim. Recent versions of Windows (where recent = Windows 7+) do not bear out your "bloatware" statement (unless you're including the crapware-laden OEM installs of Windows that manufacturers ship on their machines). I run OSX as my primary OS, but use a Windows 7 VM extensively for AD management, for running the VMware vSphere client, website testing in IE, and a few other tasks. I have it running within VirtualBox with 512 megs of ram. Yes, a half gig. I'll regularly have the VM running for *weeks* between reboots with zero performance issues. Typically the only time I reboot it is when VBox application updates come along. If it weren't for VBox updates, the Win7 VM would likely stay running until an OSX kernel (reboot required) update came along. I get it, we like to use Microsoft et. al. as our whipping boy. It's fun to do - to a point. It does no one good, though, to spread misinformation. Anyway, my usage of Ubuntu is primarily on the server side, and I find it (especially the LTS versions) to be an excellent server OS. It can be as "light" or "heavy" weight as you want it to be. You get the benefits of a Debian-esque system, without having to jump through hoops (a.k.a. backports repos) to get reasonably up-to-date packages. -Erik