Debian on Netbook mainly for PHP and AS3 Dev, but keeping Win XP
Hello,
I hope this is the right place to ask. Recently I got under my care an
unmanaged Debian VPS, and I kinda grew to like it rather much, so an
idea struck me to install Debian on my netbook. I primarily use it for
PHP and AS3 development (pure as3, no flash professional flash-educated
folks) but I'd certainly like to play some logic games on it too,
presumably even windows games...
My Netbook is MSI Wind U100, the specs:
<http://www.umpcportal.com/products/MSI/Wind/U100> though I have 2GB of
RAM and bigger HD. Let me list my concerns to make it easier:
* There is some kind of visual interface... Right?
* I am pretty sure any OS is fine for PHP and AS3 development, so
that's not a problem, but what about support for Debugger flash players
(standalone and in-browser) for Debian, no major problems?
* Will it be feasible to run some kind of Virtual Box on it to play
windows games (logical games mostly)
* I have an external HD formatted as NTFS, will there be no problems
with accessing its data?
* When, once, I wanted to install Ubuntu on my drive I had to format
partition into some never-ever-heard-before file system architecture,
would I have to format my stuff too?
* Since my netbook doesn't have a CD Rom and I don't have access to an
external one, I'd like to keep winXP on my system in case I want to go
back, any possibilities of doing so?
* Is there some guide on installing Debian from USB drive?
If you think Debian is the wrong choice, could you point me towards some
other system?
Thanks in advance,
-Maurycy Zarzycki
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