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We're curious about the following:
1. What neighborhoods/areas would you recommend most for startup living? We're willing to pay up to 1000 CAD/month for rent. Are there any good sites (besides the obvious craigslist, etc.) that are good for rentals/sublets?
2. What startup, e-business, (Ruby) hacking groups/events do you recommend?
3. What cultural, etc. events/locations are must-dos?
4. If you can disclose it, what are you hacking/working on? (I can't disclose much yet, early stages, but it's basically a niche content site, also hacking on some (human) language learning tools for fun).
Merci beaucoup!
For example, I want to be able to move from a broken machine to a new one without disruption (reinstalling, reconfiguring, moving data).
Do you have a setup or solution to achieve this sort of freedom from hardware (and OS to some extent).
How easy is it to have a linux/windows/(os x) install that can flexibly run on completely different hardware (different graphics cards, networking, etc.)?
Ideas:
- Use a VM player to run everything and back up the image so that for any new machine the only thing to install is the VM player.
- Boot from USB: Limited size/speed/writes. External HD: limited portability. Both: Can OS handle different hardware components on changing "host" machines?
- Avoid platform lock-in. Use cross-platform applications (e.g. Thunderbird) that allow switching OS if necessary.
Is anyone doing something like this? What's your setup/solution?
PS: Background - I'm looking to buy a new laptop and I don't find one for my budget that I like, so I'd go for the cheapest one now and migrate when a better option that I really like comes along. I don't want to reinstall/configure everything every time I move computers.