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fsgl wrote on Saturday, November 14, 2015:

Writing this post from my long-in-the-tooth Dell desktop. When Microsoft stopped support, added a dual-boot with Linux Mint. Still need XP for file transfer from cell phone. Ubuntu-Debian package used for testing.

Production on Windows 7 laptop with XAMPP package. In 2020 will add Linux Mint as dual-boot because tax returns easier on Windows side. We have to file both returns, unlike you lucky duckies in Florida.

Not sure why Brady built the Ubuntu package without the XAMPP stack because it’s available for Linux. Probably more streamline with just the LAMP stack.

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fsgl wrote on Sunday, November 15, 2015:

Found this.
[[embed url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kiRB8resBbw#t=31]]

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fsgl wrote on Sunday, November 15, 2015:

I’ve added above to the Appliance Upgrade article.

If anyone is successful using Linux Mint as guest, please post a guide that I can incorporate into the Wiki article.

Would test it myself but both my machines lack virtualization capability.

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fsgl wrote on Monday, November 16, 2015:

I think that Brady built the appliance with Ubuntu Server (no GUI) because Demo Farm would be impossible otherwise.

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bradymiller wrote on Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Hi,
Used the Ubuntu Server on the appliance since more secure, better performance, and uses less resources from the host. How to add a gui was documented in the Appliance Manual since I figured that a significant number of folks would want the gui, though.
-brady

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fsgl wrote on Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Thanks.

Will dig through those 117 pages to the part about a GUI & edit the Wiki article accordingly.

Still seems like a lot of work for a modicum of return compared to using the Packages.

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

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mdsupport wrote on Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Check this option to add desktop to an existing server.

If you must have Mint’s desktop, there are couple of more steps to get Mint desktop on Ubuntu base.

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bradymiller wrote on Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Yep,
The golden days of the OpenEMR Appliance have faded. It was very useful in the distant past when OpenEMR was more difficult to install and didn’t work very well on Windows(it allowed a potential user to get a local instance of OpenEMR up and running very quickly).
-brady

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fsgl wrote on Tuesday, November 17, 2015:

Thanks for the links.

I think that if a user must have an appliance, but no Demo Farm to cultivate; might be simpler to use Mint as guest.

Windows XAMPP-OpenEMR has worked very well over the past 4 years for production, so not a lot of reasons for fancy footwork.