[ubuntu-in] regarding Virtual machine software

[Gora Mohanty]

On Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:41:09 +0530
"Ramnarayan.K" <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> had a few queries regarding vitual machine software
> 
> 1. Whats a good vm software to run windows xp under Ubuntu

In my experience, virtualbox is the easiest to set up and run.
However, please be warned that I have not tried out alternatives
in a while. Also, Xen is apparently more efficient than
virtualbox.

> 2. Whats the legality of running wincedows under Ubuntu (linux)
> 
> 3. I have a legal version of wincedowx Xp - can i run that under
> this virtual machine software

I do believe that there are no legal issues with running Windows
XP in a virtual machine. The same might not be the case for Windows
Vista.

Regards,
Gora