Thanks, John!

The folks in the Netherlands who develop "PureDyne" ( http://puredyne.org/ ) have taken the most recent fully functional version of "Ubuntu Studio" (version 9.10) and tweaked it to perform optimally for musicians, videophiles, and graphic artists. Puredyne users can access the Ubuntu repositories for software packages to further customize their operating system and applications.

Musicians who want to employ Windows-dependant software on the same drive as their Linus O/S can do so by running their favourite version of Windows from within PureDyne using an application called "virtual box" ( http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads ).
Personally, if I want to do some work in a Windows environment - with a PG Music product, for instance - I use a separate hard drive, and keep it off the web.


just looking for clues...
Oren.
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