Software that will allow me to run windows software on 8.10

Mark Pyles markfpyles at gmail.com
Tue Mar 17 01:08:28 UTC 2009



Michael Kleinschnitker wrote:
> HI Mark, 
>
>   
>>> Mark Pyles wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I am using Ubuntu 8.10(gnome desktop) which I absolutely love.
>>>> Unfortunately my boss at work requires that I use MS Visual Studio which
>>>> I use at work but now I need to work from home and I am using Ubuntu at
>>>> home on my laptop and as much as I hate anything micro$oft related I
>>>> just wondered if there was a way to run windows software on my Ubuntu
>>>> Linux without having to reformat or repartition my hard drive? Thanks.
>>>>         
>
> If you have an new PC including enough RAM, you might use VirtualBox running 
> Windows and MS Visual Studio in it. It`s a virtualization software.
> You should use the original VirtualBox debs.
>
> Download:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
>
> Help:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation
>
> Micha
>
>
>   
Thanks for the suggestion!

Mark
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