The Sad Goodbye: From Ubuntu(Linux) to Windows XP

[masterkoppa]

I'm planning on moving from Ubuntu to Windows XP because I need XP to run some software at the new place I work. But I don't want to leave some of the stuff from Ubuntu behind since I use them almost everyday and their pretty dam useful. If you can tell me if theres an equally useful tool or the same software ported to windows it would be great.

Here's the list:

Disk Usage Analyzer
Bluefish
Network Tools
Istanbul Desktop Session Recorder
Audacity
Banshee
And some program to help make the Windows GUI more Ubuntu like


Thank you in advance.

[Lod]

Why don't you do your Windows-stuff in a virtual machine? I develop in Delphi for Windows in vmware, works quite good.

[snowpine]

Audacity is available for Windows, in fact I used it in Windows before I even knew what Ubuntu was! :-)

Sorry but I don't know about the others.

[fiddledd]

I'm planning on moving from Ubuntu to Windows XP because I need XP to run some software at the new place I work. But I don't want to leave some of the stuff from Ubuntu behind since I use them almost everyday and their pretty dam useful. If you can tell me if theres an equally useful tool or the same software ported to windows it would be great.

Here's the list:

Disk Usage Analyzer
Bluefish
Network Tools
Istanbul Desktop Session Recorder
Audacity
Banshee
And some program to help make the Windows GUI more Ubuntu like


Thank you in advance.

1: http://windirstat.info/ I use it on Vista, it's pretty good.

2: http://www.osalt.com/bluefish There's a few options here.

3: look here: http://osswin.sourceforge.net/
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7: no idea :)

[jviscosi]

And some program to help make the Windows GUI more Ubuntu like



LiteStep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep) was my favorite of the Windows shell replacements. It has a lot of different themes, so you can probably find one that's to your liking. (Being a *box user, I settled on one called BlisterSilence.) I also used bblean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bblean) for a while.

I have found that when using a shell other than Explorer, some things in Windows seem to have a tendency not to work properly (or to work even less properly than normal).

[NilsHG]

I run all windows only software in winxp via virtualbox. it is running great! i can copy and paste between ubuntu and virtualized windows, i can share folders to save and access files.

i have several workspaces set up with compiz. 1 workspace runs winxp in full screen mode and i can switch to any other workspace and use ubuntu for anything.

with decent hardware you can do the same.

[masterkoppa]

I actually have Windows running on a VM. Yet lately I've been using Windows more than linux and my machine has a very limited amount of ram and its killing the preformance. I would simply rather have a Vm running Ubuntu than the other way around.

Plus I've never gotten the wireless card to function correctly, sometimes it works other times it doesn't. I've gotten used to it but it would be a great relief.

Thank you all who posted for your responses.

[jualin]

For #7 (Making Windows GUI look more ...) use Stylexp, however is not free.

[NilsHG]

RAM is cheap as bread :(
good luck with windows, i hope you can find the programs you used to have in ubuntu.

[LaRoza]

RAM is cheap as bread :(

It depends on how you measure it. If you go by weight, no it isn't. If you go by megabytes, RAM is much cheaper.

[fiddledd]

It depends on how you measure it. If you go by weight, no it isn't. If you go by megabytes, RAM is much cheaper.

http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/smiley-faces-75.gif

I've also heard a Ram Sandwich can be quite expensive.

[ComputerGeek31618]

How about dual-booting, and/or finding Linux software compatible with Windows file formats? You'd have to boot between OS's occasionally, meet your needs. If not, a virtual machine would do good (assuming you have enough system resources).

A big reason people switch to Ubuntu/linux in the first place is that these options are availible to people who still work with Windows.

[dca]

For simple network stuff you can try: Look@Lan
http://www.lookatlan.com/

...as far as Banshee goes, I'd just use iTunes even if you don't have an iPod or an iHouse or an iBeer, etc, etc. It's much better than WMP...

[jviscosi]

http://ubuntuforums.org/images/smilies/smiley-faces-75.gif

I've also heard a Ram Sandwich can be quite expensive.

It depends if you use a premium brand like Boar's-Head Ram, or if you just get the no-name brand.