[Opensource] Running windows applications seamlessly inside Linux

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Cool. Have you tried the seamless desktop and application sharing tricks
mentioned in the article? :-)



2008/5/2 Anton Yoxon <anton.yoxon at hillcrest.vic.edu.au>:

>  I have been running virtualbox on Ubuntu to access windows and it works
> great.
> regards
> Anton Yoxon
>
> Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
>
> This is a fascinating tutorial. I cannot wait to give this a try using
> Ubuntu boot on my laptop or desktop at home. This will give me a workaround
> to running things like our reporting system on a Linux desktop without
> needing to reboot the computer. A seamless desktop is the way to go. Think
> of how Macintosh users have been able to use parallels to run Windows
> applications seamlessly and you get the idea. :-)
>      http://lifehacker.com/367714/run-windows-apps-seamlessly-inside-linux
>
> Last year I had fun teaching students how to use virtual machines to give
> them exposure to installing and playing about with different operating
> systems. Whilst we have been using VMWare to create virtual servers for our
> enterprise setup, I'll switch to using VirtualBox.
>
>
>
>
> Regards Roland
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
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