Virtual Box; allowing Windows apps to run inside Linux
You love your Linux and Linux works perfect for you. But, sadly, most people will come across those files that they just need Windows to access. So, during some critical moment, you might need to reboot your computer to start up Windows just to open a tricky Microsoft office file or some other Windows application, which is just as frustrating as it looks. Now won’t it be cool to run Windows file seamlessly on your Linux? Yes it is, and you can do it now right away with your Linux OS.
You can do it by following a few steps at LifeHacker and you’re good to go with. The concept is using partially the same method as those Mac users who are currently running Windows on their Macs. This is called the Parallel’s Coherence, so users can have Windows apps running right on your Linux desktop and sharing the same desktop files. The process of doing so takes a little bit longer as compared to installing a Windows XP OS but you just need some free tools and a Windows installation disk and the best part is, aside from the Windows disk it’s all free!
Via [Life Hacker]
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Thanks for sharing the link to lifehacker.
on March 17, 2008 at 03:54 AM - LINKThis sure looks like something I got to read.
the hard part is when we have to open windows applications that run some odbc or microsoft jet or and dbf database or something. Wine and Cedega works preety well when you’re talking about games and simple apps, but it’s hard when you need data access on windows terms.
i’ve been using ubuntu for a while, love it, really. but working with public health systems in Brasil, when the ministery of health develops everything on windows plataforms had to make me move back to windows (nothing against it)… it’s just that a really enjoy linux (ubuntu specially).
on March 19, 2008 at 09:41 AM - LINK