XP in Linux and vice versa
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Hi, i also use ubuntu at home, i assume you have tried wine, and looked through wine forums? maybe you can run your required programs using that.
Look at VMware, i have also used that when using an ubuntu pc at work requiring windows programs.
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Sounds very intriguing Coen, please keep us posted with updates as to how you're getting on with it/them. My laptop is running slower and slower these days so a full OS reinstall is imminent; I'd be willing to take the Linux leap if I knew it wasn't going to knock out 90% of my software and especially if I knew it was going to speed things up.
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its pretty painless to try linux.
i suggest you go to ubuntu.com and download a live cd.
pop it in the drive and reboot,
lets you try linux, without any risk (albeit a little slower than a proper install). then when your done, just eject your cd, and reboot back into windows.
+if you do decide you want to install linux, theres an icon on the live cds desktop that does it for you!give it a try!
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A 'proper install' puts the operating system on your hard disk, so when you boot up your computer the operating system is running of the hard disk.
With a liveCD, you are booting the operating system from the CD, and so you cant make any permanent changes to the OS. It is slower because CDs are slower than hard disks, basically.
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I've just installed Ubuntu on a usb stick, runs OK.
Thing is, why do I need Linux when most of my apps are Windows apps???
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Hmm, i guess its not for everyone. although id urge you to give it another go, i cant remember putting any complicated parameters in.
also, try VMWARE, it emulates an entire pc inside your linux os, (so you just allocate it a few gb of your HDD, and then install xp to that)
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