My father is the owner of a small business. He has 2 registers with pos
software and a machine in the back for photoshop/pagemaker. I set up file
sharing and backups in windows to hold the pos database and his other
documents (ads, clip art, etc). He also has a laptop with access to those
resources. The problem is that he also uses these devices for non-business
things like web browsing -- and the performance is seriously lacking. I've
had great success with arch on my systems, but need something very simple
for him. I'd like to migrate his systems to debian, for its stability and
ease of use...but i'd like some advice. Does it make sense to have debian
do the file sharing, backup, and web browsing and then use a virtual
machine with xp for his business applications (photoshop/pagemaker)? Any
advice on how to get a nice, non-techhead friendly, setup would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks, -Tim G.
