[GLLUG] Windows and Linux mixed environment

eduardo cesconetto eduardo at cesconetto.com
Mon Nov 13 10:36:43 EST 2006


I never tried Parallels on Linux, but on my iMac Core Duo it runs any  
OS very well using virtualization. Ubuntu and Windows XP are as fast  
as my Dell D600 (P-M 1.5Ghz), I also run (for fun) Dos 6.22, Windows  
3.11 and OS2 Warp under Parallels with no problems.
On Nov 13, 2006, at 10:29 AM, Alec Warner wrote:

> Charles Ulrich wrote:
>> Caleb Cushing wrote:
>>> I've been thinking of doing a series of presentations on doing a  
>>> mixed
>>> windows and linux environments. I would probably do these mostly  
>>> from
>>> a desktop/home user perspective... Although I've no doubt it could
>>> apply to enterprise. I would include (or try to):
>>>
>>> * Dual Booting.
>>> * Networking... Samba
>>> * Wine
>>> * Virtual Machines
>>> * CygWin and other things to make windows more nix like/friendly.
>> I for one would definitely be interested in Wine and other virtual  
>> machines
>> besides VMWare.
>
> If you have a new Core Duo chip or a newer AMD one (not sure which  
> AMD chips have the virtualization stuff in em') you can run Xen on  
> it and then run any OS (including windows) in a domU natively (no  
> evil Xen + windows = fun hacks).  I haven't tried this as I'm poor  
> and don't have any hardware with built in virtualization stuff :(
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