Can i have Windows and Linux...

[ar4yyyy]

Can i have Windows and Linux at the same time?
I mean like: I use Windows and then i open Linux in another window.

[citricsquid]

No,
You can have them running on separate partitions, but you can't switch windows between the two, like you would with say MSN and iTunes.

[Jon-86]

Yes.

Search for VM Ware (Virtual machines kick-ass)

[citricsquid]

At 7/6/08 07:10 AM, Jon-86 wrote: Yes.

Search for VM Ware (Virtual machines kick-ass)

How does that work? Surely you need to load one GUI for the program to run, so how does it open another OS in a window? Is that even possible...?

[elbekko]

That's why it's a virtual machine. And yes, it's very possible.

Also, cygwin.

[ludatha]

It is really simple to do,
http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

[blah569]

I recommend Virtual Box. Keep in mind, it can run a little laggy on Windows Vista.

[Jon-86]

At 7/6/08 07:12 AM, citricsquid wrote: How does that work? Surely you need to load one GUI for the program to run, so how does it open another OS in a window? Is that even possible...?

A picture will explain it better then I can.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/74/155212 798_064f0f0062.jpg

[Jon-86]

Also forgot to say. If you have an vm-image of a machine you can just run it on the VM Player (meaning you dont need to buy VM Ware) and thats what I do. Our uni has given us machine images on a disk that have different OS'es with different development environments installed.

That gives us a sandbox environment with no security confilcts to work in. THey also have these images avaiable on the uni network. And its great. You can literaly work in another OS on the same machine. Minimise it and go back to the host OS or maximise the VM Player and you wouldnt know the difference, bar the small toolbar at the top to get you back.

And with PC's these days their really isnt the problem with memory and other resources their was about 5 years ago. Its great for testing and if you really have too much time on your hands. You could install VM-Ware on linux then you can use windows as normal, but when it messes up simly delete the machine image and use a backup.

Its like an instant restore :)

[ar4yyyy]

Ok now i have to ask how do i get Linux, and how do i get it into VM Ware.

[Seachmall]

At 7/6/08 11:55 AM, ar4yyyy wrote: Ok now i have to ask how do i get Linux, and how do i get it into VM Ware.

First you have to choose what distro of linux you want and then just go to the site of that distro and download it, not sure about VM Ware.

Any ideas of what distro you want? Ubuntu seems to be the norm amongst new users (myself included).

[smulse]

At 7/6/08 11:55 AM, ar4yyyy wrote: Ok now i have to ask how do i get Linux, and how do i get it into VM Ware.

After that do you want me to fly to (America?) and tie your shoe laces?

[ar4yyyy]

At 7/6/08 12:13 PM, Seachmall wrote:

At 7/6/08 11:55 AM, ar4yyyy wrote: Ok now i have to ask how do i get Linux, and how do i get it into VM Ware.

First you have to choose what distro of linux you want and then just go to the site of that distro and download it, not sure about VM Ware.

Any ideas of what distro you want? Ubuntu seems to be the norm amongst new users (myself included).

I pick this one http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Now...how do i get i into WM Ware?

[ar4yyyy]

At 7/6/08 12:14 PM, smulse wrote:

At 7/6/08 11:55 AM, ar4yyyy wrote: Ok now i have to ask how do i get Linux, and how do i get it into VM Ware.

After that do you want me to fly to (America?) and tie your shoe laces?

Yes, that would be nice.

[elbekko]

Download the iso, edit the CD-Rom drive in VMWare, set it to use the iso, and boot the virtual machine.

[ar4yyyy]

Thanks.

[Jon-86]

At 7/6/08 12:14 PM, smulse wrote: After that do you want me to fly to (America?) and tie your shoe laces?

No.... kids these days all wear thoes stupid shoes with velcro straps. Like kids shoes but for bigger feet. As tying a knot is a near impossible task ^_^

@OP to get Linux or any OS for that matter to run on VM Ware (Creating a new virtual machine) you would just install the OS as you normaly would. Except the installation happens on a virtual machine and you do it in a window.

Handy for taking screenshots of the installation process.

[DearonElensar]

Why use a virtual machine for this.

[Jon-86]

Thats nice and all. But I would prefare to keep the OS'es seporate. If you were to install an update for someting. Who knows what or how it will effect everything else???

[elbekko]

That doesn't even look like it's an OS emulator, just an X server to make remote connections (which I have in Xmanager, for example).

[Anim8or666]

Virtual Machines use actual OS', so software and everything should run perfectly, if not a little slower. Make sure your computer can run two at the same time... You need to allot at least 512mb of RAM to Ubuntu for it to work decently. And Citricsquid, it is possible. VMWare allows both to run at the same time. There's also Parallels, which I use to have OS X and XP on at the same time. Have fun with Linux!

[Anim8or666]

At 7/6/08 03:15 PM, Jon-86 wrote: Thats nice and all. But I would prefare to keep the OS'es seporate. If you were to install an update for someting. Who knows what or how it will effect everything else???

Sorry for double-posting, but I just noticed this, and I have the answer. It does not affect the OS', whether you update or not. Just make sure to partition a part of your Hard Disc, and keep the disc partitions separate. I've been running OS X and XP for months, and there have been no problems, and I update both of them regularly.

[Jon-86]

Yeah I used to have a dual boot system. But that response was the the Xming X Server thing DearonElensar linked to. Unless your tlking about that??? As it looks like it mixes the two together in a similar fashion to Wine.

http://www.winehq.org/

[GuitarMuffin]

I just love Google.

[NVERTIGO]

At 7/6/08 06:48 AM, ar4yyyy wrote: Can i have Windows and Linux at the same time?
I mean like: I use Windows and then i open Linux in another window.

You can have both in a new window on a Mac.