What will move you away from a dual boot PC

[waltd]

Hi all,
I'm new to ubuntu and Linux. I love Ubuntu, the Linux ecosphere and community. But here's two reasons I keep a dual boot PC with Windows and Ubuntu until I find a solution.
1. Quicken - I keep it because it has several features, like automatic reconcile, I can't be without. Doesn't work well in Wine.
2. VPN - most VPN types don't come out of the box with Ubuntu. Installing the missing VPN types is challenging.

[BlinkinCat]

Hi waltd,

Firstly don't concern yourself about dual booting.

Quite a high proportion of members would do just that too -

[fyfe54]

Turbotax is the ONLY thing I need that requires Windows.. No Linux version and is useless in Wine.

[Umbra Diaboli]

Set up a Windows VirtualBox with Oracle's VB - that way you wont have to dual boot, and you'll be able to share your files between Ubuntu and Windows.

[waltd]

Turbotax is the ONLY thing I need that requires Windows.. No Linux version and is useless in Wine.

May I suggest using the Turbo Tax web site. The desktop program is no longer needed. All the functions that are in the desk top program are now on the web site. I've been doing my taxes online for many years.

[waltd]

Set up a Windows VirtualBox with Oracle's VB - that way you wont have to dual boot, and you'll be able to share your files between Ubuntu and Windows.

An Oracle VB is a good idea. Is it working ok for you? Any problems?

[omeomi]

Set up a Windows VirtualBox with Oracle's VB - that way you wont have to dual boot, and you'll be able to share your files between Ubuntu and Windows.

After having had a dual boot for many years, I find this solution fits all of my needs entirely. And even with that I think I only used the virtual machine about 4 times in the last year...

Aside from programs that require heavy graphics everything runs perfect in a virtual machine.

[montag dp]

The one real thing keeping me from booting only Linux is this:

http://www.rhino3d.com/

[mastablasta]

online banking - the chip can only be read in windows by some programme
games, games, games.... - i would miss some that are windows only

otherwise nothing much else. if linux works fine on the hardware (drivers and all) then it is quite pleasant and fast to use.

[Autofac]

For now, games.

I've been told and assured that there maybe ways to do everything I want on Linux but the time required to learn how to do that and then implement it, truthfully, is more than I care to take on right now. It's easier to simply have a second HD and dual boot into XP for games--too much instant gratification, but oh well.

It's something when I have more time, and in the future, I would like to nix out, but until then I plan to dual boot.

That said, I've found myself able to do pretty well everything else I could want to do in Linux, both through Linux Apps and Wine. Plus I am not as worried about devastating crashes like the last one that caused me to try Ubuntu to begin with.