Neil Greenwood wrote: > 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. > > Thanks Neil,
I think I might give that a go on the pc, see if I can get it to work. I have to clean it up first. I really appreciate that. Thank you. John. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
