[Gslug-general] Disgruntled and Ready?

[Anthony Passonno]

Hi there,

I have been(not currently) a Linux user for probably the better part of ten
years, off and on, and I would like to request some assistance.

I am a musician, and as such, require that my pro audio external card work
well, and at all supported bitrates.

I am currently running a retail copy of Windows 7 Home Premium,  but am at
the point where I am tired of fighting.  Here's the issue:  I have an
external hd,  which I use to store music, movies, backups, and my own
musical creations.  Every time I attempt to copy files to one folder or
another, I am required to answer a UAC prompt, or frankly ANY file
operations.  To say that the Windows security model is obscure would be an
understatement,  as many times today I was wishing I could just open an
xterm and chmod everything to 777 and be done with it.

So, my humble request is thus:  I enjoy using Linux(prefer Ubuntu) as an
everyday OS,  but I need to be able to use a few different win32 programs
that I would not want to relegate to Wine(and I don't think they would work
well anyway).

I would need help coming up with a plan,  possibly including winxp seamless
mode or something in vmware.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Anthony Passonno
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