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		valyagolev on Jan 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How To Use Amazon EC2 as Your Desktop I did something like this with Dropbox: http://valyagolev.net/article/develop_windows_linux/ bash on windows without Cygwin's lameness. problem solved (I moved to ubuntu & emacs eventually, although their usability is crazy)

quanticle on Jan 20, 2011 [–]

I read your article, and I'm still wondering why you didn't install a virtual machine. Is there any particular reason?

valyagolev on Jan 20, 2011 | [–]

yes. i tried them but they weren't nearly as fast as I wanted. they were like cygwin in terms of perfomance and slowed down the whole old laptop of mine

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