2009/5/20 John <jake...@sky.com>: > Sean Miller wrote: >> Virtual machine is something like Sun's Virtualbox or VMWare. >> >> Virtualbox is, imho, better for running things like Linux. >> >> Some screenshots here... >> >> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Screenshots >> >> Let's say you install Virtualbox on a Vista machine. You then go into >> it and say "Create Virtual Machine", tell it how much memory to give >> it and how much disk space. It then effectively boots into a BIOS >> type screen and will say "no operating system installed", so you stick >> in a Ubuntu CD, try it again and it'll hopefully install the operating >> system. >> >> Once installed you open virtualbox, say "start virtual machine" and it >> starts in a window. You can use the right-ctrl key and F together to >> toggle between windowed and full screen. >> >> So if, for instance, you don't want to use Vista at all you just boot >> into it, start the virtual machine and then do right-ctrl-F and forget >> Vista is even there. >> >> But if you have a decent sized resolution better, maybe, to run the >> Linux in a window - you should be able to cut and paste between the >> two as well, I believe. >> >> Sean >> >> > Hiya, > > that sounds really interesting. I was just wondering, is there a version > that will install on XP so I can run Ubuntu in that?
Yep, it's multi-platform and there are binaries available for Linux, Windows and (if I recall correctly) Mac too. The configuration works the same on both Linux and Windows. There's a version for Ubuntu in the repositories (i.e. you can install it using the Synaptic package manager or the Add/Remove Programs option). There's a Windows installer at http://www.virtualbox.org Cofion, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
