[LAU] Linux/Windows dichotomy

I've always dual booted, because of Windows games, and for some Windows audio and music software. Now I have a firewire interface that only works with Jack under Linux, which is unpleasing. I decided to install Kubuntu on a virtual machine using Windows as the host. This is awesome. I'm using a dual head setup, and put Linux on one monitor full screen, and my main Windows screen on the other. Vmware allows the mouse to seamlessly glide from one OS to the other. My firewire interface appears as a well supported Ensoniq AudioPCI. Too cool. I give Linux a dedicated stereo pair of the Echo Audiofire8. My machine has 8Gig Ram and a four core processor. I give half of the ram and two of the four processors to Linux. I still have two strong 'machines' running at the same time, and sharing files is easy. Cygwin was always a possibility, but I'm going to run this setup now. The Linux box feels like it's running on its own hardware. Very cool. The basic version of VMware is free now btw. Virtualbox is another option, but I think VMware has the edge. Tobiah