[desijays]

AH!! A thread with the old timers

I see Linux is making quite the impact.

Well, this might help someone who wants to use Windows programs. You might already know this though since its quite common.

Problem:

I have linux on my computer but,

I want to use MS office
I want to use Winamp
I want to use photoshop
I want to use IE
I want to use flash
I want to play counterstrike
I want to play neverwinter nights 2
I want to play minesweeper

Solution:

Get into linux
Install virtual box or vmware
Then install XP or Vista inside linux
Now you can use MS office, winamp, photoshop, IE, flash inside linux.
But if you want to play counterstrike or neverwinter nights 2, you're system must be real good or it would choke.
You can play minesweeper without any problems though. (Duh!!)

I once did the following purely out of curiosity and it worked.

I installed slackware 12.0(linux) then installed virtual box. installed windows in virtual box. Then I installed virtual box inside windows. I then installed ubuntu fiesty inside that. As you can see it worked without a glitch. And in ubuntu I checked my mail. Wasnt like ripping fast. But manageable none the less.

God bless vmware and virtual box. Sometimes when I want to switch distros, I check them out in virtual box before i make a permanent change.