[xubuntu-users] [OT] VirtualBox seamlss mode (was Re: Official or Not?)

[Steffen Schwarz]

That is absolutely amazing, thanks for that!!
No more dual boot, no more WINE to run Windows apps for which there is no Linux version! I think that message should be highlighted on the Xubuntu website to win over more Windows users who are looking for something better than Windows but at the same time rely on some Windows apps.
I guess the question still is if VirtualBox will run on a netbook with 1.6Ghz and 1GB RAM but I guess I'll just have to try it. 
Does that mean I have to re-install Xubuntu completely?
Thanks again for all this extremely valuable information everyone!
--- On Sat, 6/8/11, Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:

From: Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx>
Subject: [xubuntu-users] [OT] VirtualBox seamlss mode (was Re: Official or Not?)
To: "Xubuntu Help and User Discussions" <xubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Date: Saturday, 6 August, 2011, 2:48

Hi,

After launching your other OS instance, you need to do "Install Guest Additions" from the devices menu, and then Seamless Mode should appear in the "Machine" menu.

Cheers,

Chris.

On Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 08:43:37PM -0500, Drmgiver wrote:
> How exactly do you enable seamless mode? 
> 
> Justin 
> 
> Sent from Samsung mobile
> 
> Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx> wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >> This has been an incredibly interesting and insightful discussion so far, thanks for that!
> >> Does that mean I can run Windows using VirtualBox inside Xubuntu to use the two or three applications I rely on that don't work on Linux as opposed to the dual boot approach? Would that be a better way of doing things?
> >> -Ross
> >
> >Yeah for sure, I use VirtualBox this way when I need to run Windows applications for my work. There is even a thing called "Seamless Mode" which makes it seem like you have an integrated Windows + Xubuntu desktop. So you get a Windows taskbar as well as you normal Xubuntu panels, and when you launch a Windows application its window appears over the top of your normal Xubuntu desktop. It's quite cool!
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Chris.
> >
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