Good Broker for a linux user?

thinkorswim's desktop (java based) installs and runs nicely with Ubuntu.

thinkorswim has charting and handles forex trades but may be considered a more general brokerage.... options is/was their main focus. They do offer trading with equities, options, futures, and forex.

full disclosure... I have used them for years but have no personal interest in promoting their products or services.

Thanks for your advice.

Interactive brokers is a comprehensible site for a forex noob like me, but they want me to start with the kind of money I don't have right now. I can get that kind of money but it will throw off the timing of the trade.

The Currenex site speaks a language I don't understand yet, and I am quite fluent in English. It looks like English to me, but there is a scarce amount of it that makes sense to me. I can't even find their minimum trade or deposit amount. Maybe it's because I'm a forex noob or I'm not a forex package developer.

I use linux because I have read way too many microshaft white papers to allow my tiny amount of money to transact over a system that shoddy and full of holes. I may be a lot of things, but stupid isn't on the list anywhere. I do not want to use microsoft's platform for transactions of any kind, ever.

Do you know of any linux compatible microlot forex traders, preferably under $1g minimum deposit? I could probably get oanda running after a quick nap, but the good microlot brokerages seem to be short on decent search keys. I can either shell out $300 for a license to vmware and $200 for currency trading, or $500 on a very hot tip then trade on a faster box, and I would much prefer the latter. I don't need real time charts for $50/month as there is about a 60 - 120 day period in which to get in and get out according to my research and fast estimates. Timing is crucial. The gains could be spectacular.

Good advice will be compensated with good data.

Thanx,
Ben

oanda

Can you adjust brightness of the screen on ubuntu ?

How about power consumption ?

If you are talking about laptops, you can adjust screen brightness and use a normal amount of power like windows. Your OS will use much less ram and will be more stable and virus immune.

Virtualbox is a good software too. Installed window xp and run mt4 without any problem.