Running windows programs under Linux

[Martinx - ジェームズ]

+1 for KVM...

You just need to run: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-virt

...to have a fully operation, working out-of-the-box, hypervisor.

It will run much better/smooth than VirtualBox or VMWare.


On 25 August 2014 06:05, BONNET, Frank <frank.bonnet at esiee.fr> wrote:

> Hello
> Have a look to KVM it's free
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> 2014-08-24 18:19 GMT+02:00 Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com>:
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> I have installed ubuntu 14.04 on my test machine and installed Wine. I can
>> get my Genealogy program(FTW) to install and run properly. I cannot get the
>> transcription program I use (WinBMD7) to run after installing. The install
>> creates two shortcuts on the desktop and neither runs the program. I have
>> opened the directories under .wine and tried to run the executables, using
>> wine program loader, but again the program would not start.
>>
>> Since I cannot find a direct replacement for MS Access I am considering
>> running Windows in a virtual machine. I understand that the two main
>> programs are VMWare and VirtualBox. Most of my laptops have 2Gb of memory.
>> Will this be sufficient to allow me to have Ubuntu as the main OS and run
>> Windows XP in a virtual machine? Both the ubuntu and the windows are 32 bit
>> versions.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Peter Goggin
>> I
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