Comments on: Installing Windows In Linux http://chadt4.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/installing-windows-in-linux/ Get All Your Tech News Here! Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: probabilityzero http://chadt4.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/installing-windows-in-linux/#comment-193 probabilityzero Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:37:04 +0000 http://chadt4.wordpress.com/?p=141#comment-193 Virtual machines are very useful for running applications from another operating system in your current one. Wine can do this moderately well in windows, but I prefer to have a virtualbox install of windows xp running inside linux. And yes, running windows in a virtual machine rather than installing it proper would limit the extent to which windows viruses could attack the system. You <i>really</i> need to upgrade your Ubuntu install if you're still using 7.10. As far as I know it is no longer supported. You should move up to 8.10 immediately. Virtual machines are very useful for running applications from another operating system in your current one. Wine can do this moderately well in windows, but I prefer to have a virtualbox install of windows xp running inside linux. And yes, running windows in a virtual machine rather than installing it proper would limit the extent to which windows viruses could attack the system.

You really need to upgrade your Ubuntu install if you’re still using 7.10. As far as I know it is no longer supported. You should move up to 8.10 immediately.

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