Running windows programs under Linux

[Martinx - ジェームズ]

Yes, for Desktop. The GUI is the program called Virt-Manager.

You can try my PPA: http://launchpad.net/~martinx/+archive/ubuntu/ig -
latest virt-manager for Trusty...   :-)


On 25 August 2014 14:39, John Hupp <ubuntu at prpcompany.com> wrote:

>  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM describes it as oriented toward
> server virtualization, and recommends VirtualBox, Parallels Workstation (or
> Parallels Desktop for Mac), or VMware Player/Server for other applications.
>
> Does your experience differ from that?
>
>
> On 8/25/2014 1:18 PM, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote:
>
> +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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-08-24 18:19 GMT+02:00 Peter Goggin <petergoggin at bigpond.com>:
>>
>>  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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