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JL235
Created : 08 July 2007
 

Running Windows and Linux, togethor

I might try this

https://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml
I've been curious for a while about installing Linux, as I have heard it's much better environment for development. But I love having all those Windows capable programs a touch.

This is a very interesting guide on how to run Windows in Linux, simultaneously. Although the idea itself of running Windows in a virtual machine is nothing new, the result from the guide is quite impressive of having the Windows task bar at the top and Linux at the bottom.

 

Comments
Friday, 13 July 2007, 14:34
Nolan
I have heard it's much better environment for development.


Not really. Where did you get that idea from?
Friday, 13 July 2007, 14:45
JL235
 		I don't like posting really brief descriptions for links, I needed something to pad it out.
Friday, 13 July 2007, 16:28
HoboBen
 		It's a cheaper environment then

Looks cool, though I wouldn't want Windows on my Ubuntu.
Friday, 13 July 2007, 17:05
Yayyak
 		Dual-boot setups piss me off. You always end up using only one of them anyway (well, for me anyway), and thus waste half a hard drive.

Nolan: GNU tool, imho, are THE best.
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 20:06
steve_ancell
 		I've downloaded Ubuntu and burned it to disk, and I now plan to get a second hard drive and install Ubuntu onto that. I don't want to install it on my main drive because it may void my warranty. It has a Windows XP installer on a partition, and I'm worried that it might delete that partition.
Saturday, 14 July 2007, 20:29
HoboBen
 		Hi Steve,

I don't think it would delete the partition (though, playing safe is a good thing!) but, yeah, probably would void a warranty. Plugging in a mouse that you purchased separately into a laptop even voids part of a warranty though.

But good luck with Ubuntu. I thought that this new version (7.04 - I'd previously been using 6.06) was quite ugly, but you can change pretty much anything about the layout and make it beautiful again.

Though, installing doesn't stop at just a working Ubuntu. There's a fair bit extra to download, like if you want to play DVDs, etc, you need to promise you live on a remote island where downloading files to bypass Digital Rights Management isn't illegal.

Hey, best of all is Ubuntu's price
Sunday, 15 July 2007, 10:13
steve_ancell
 		I've ran it directly from the CD, and the Gnome desktop looks nice and different.
Sunday, 15 July 2007, 11:36
magicman
 		yeah, id much rather have a linux computer and a windows computer then having them be the same machine, its just more organized. sadly though my linux computer is stupid and dosnt want to run Ubuntu 7.04 so i find myself using 6.1 instead.
Sunday, 15 July 2007, 15:28
JL235
 		It does depend on your warranty as to what voids or not. For example I can change the ram in my pc (and have done. I'm completely allowed to open it up and do other changes. But the graphics card has a big 'remove this and your warranty is void' sticker on it, so I put it back in (although that sticker might be for closed case warranties).