Thanks, Richard. I will have to try it out. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann > <margaret_d...@brown.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann > >> <margaret_d...@brown.edu> wrote: > >> > We use a lot of Adobe software at the University. The software > includes > >> > Illustrator. > >> > > >> > Is there a virtual way to run Mac or Windows software on a Fedora > >> > system? > >> > >> There's always WINE but it can be very hit or miss. Another option > >> would be to run Windows in a virtual machine. > > > > Do you know where the instructions to do this are available? > > There's to many ways to make a complete list here with instructions, > but I personally use VirtualBox[1]. It's relatively easy to setup and > the performance is pretty good on modern hardware. They have a yum > repository to make installation[2] and updates easy. > > The link is for version 3.2 but just replace "3.2" in the install > instructions with "4.0" to get the latest released version. I haven't > installed on a clean system for a while so I assume it pulls in > kernel-headers and kernel-devel when you install. If not you'll need > to install those packages as well. It needs them to build the kernel > module. > > Richard > > [1] http://www.virtualbox.org/ > [2[ > http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/11/how-to-install-virtualbox-3-2-on-fedora-14/ > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >
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