Linux and Windows can run seamlesly together

Irishwhistle · 06-06-2007, 11:07 PM

I just ran into this tutorial on the Ubuntu forums and thought it was pretty neat. With Innotek VirtualBox you can run Linux and Windows seamlessly together. I wonder if you can do it with other operating systems like OS X x86. Here is the tutorial:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433359

This tutorial is for Ubuntu Edgy Eft, but some people on the Ubuntu forums have gotten it to work in Feisty and it would probably work with other distros as well. I think I'm going to try it. It works with Beryl too. Pretty neat, huh?

~Jordan

patrickv · 06-07-2007, 12:16 PM

i will tell you honestly jordanII, even though i read the whole tutorial i never understood what it was about..lol..i just got lost on the way.

Irishwhistle · 06-07-2007, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

i will tell you honestly jordanII, even though i read the whole tutorial i never understood what it was about..lol..i just got lost on the way.

It is so that you can run Linux and Windows at the same time. Kind of like parallels does.

~Jordan

heyman421 · 06-07-2007, 08:36 PM

its a virtual machine

there are ones for windows that will work with any os

you could even run vista INSIDE of xp.

And even share files just by dragging it from one desktop to the other!

Irishwhistle · 06-07-2007, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heyman421

its a virtual machine

there are ones for windows that will work with any os

you could even run vista INSIDE of xp.

And even share files just by dragging it from one desktop to the other!

It is a VM, but it shows how to configure it so that it is seamless. There is no VM window, you have a Windows taskbar on the top and a Linux bar on the bottom.

~Jordan

heyman421 · 06-07-2007, 08:45 PM

ah ha, that IS quite cool

Irishwhistle · 06-07-2007, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heyman421

ah ha, that IS quite cool

Yeah, it's to bad though, VirtualBox keeps crashing on my computer when I try to install Windows for some reason.

~Jordan

INTELCRAZY · 06-07-2007, 10:38 PM

Sweet!

I should try this when I build a server comp

patrickv · 06-08-2007, 05:10 AM

i downloaded this so called virtual box and see how if fares.
i will remove vmware anyways cause my serial is going down in 2 days...lol

Irishwhistle · 06-08-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patrickv

i downloaded this so called virtual box and see how if fares.
i will remove vmware anyways cause my serial is going down in 2 days...lol

I've used VirtualBox on Windows an Linux and it is very good. Please note that there are some things you need to do to configure it to run seamlessly.

~Jordan

06-06-2007, 11:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
Irishwhistle Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,961	Linux and Windows can run seamlesly together I just ran into this tutorial on the Ubuntu forums and thought it was pretty neat. With Innotek VirtualBox you can run Linux and Windows seamlessly together. I wonder if you can do it with other operating systems like OS X x86. Here is the tutorial: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=433359 This tutorial is for Ubuntu Edgy Eft, but some people on the Ubuntu forums have gotten it to work in Feisty and it would probably work with other distros as well. I think I'm going to try it. It works with Beryl too. Pretty neat, huh? ~Jordan __________________ Formerly JordanII The statement below is true. The statement above is false.

06-07-2007, 12:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,464	i will tell you honestly jordanII, even though i read the whole tutorial i never understood what it was about..lol..i just got lost on the way. __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

06-08-2007, 05:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,464	i downloaded this so called virtual box and see how if fares. i will remove vmware anyways cause my serial is going down in 2 days...lol __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

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