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

Sat Aug 6 17:15:20 UTC 2011

Yes, if you installed with wubi, I do believe you would have to 
reinstall Xubuntu the standard way.

Justin

On 08/06/2011 12:09 PM, Steffen Schwarz wrote:
> Thanks! It probably will be slow, but I really only need it once or 
> twice a week to use the two devices I could not find Linux drivers 
> for, so I'll just have to live with it. It'll still be more of a time 
> saver this way than having to shut down and then re-boot into Windows 
> which is what I have been doing now.
>
> I guess in my case I could not just load the virtual box into Xubuntu 
> though because I used wubi to install it. Would I not have to erase 
> Windows completely first and re-install Xubuntu? As now Xubuntu sort 
> of runs within a Windows XP host environment, within which I would 
> want Windows XP to run. I mean, I have no idea about any of this but 
> somehow it feels like that would not make sense.
>
> Steffen
>
> --- On *Sat, 6/8/11, Drmgiver /<drmgiver at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Drmgiver <drmgiver at gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [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, 17:57
>
>     Well, on that computer it will probably be pretty darn slow, but
>     give it a shot.  And no, you wouldn't have to reinstall Xubuntu,
>     just go to this address:
>     http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads and click the
>     appropriate link for your computer (Ubuntu version and whether it
>     is x86 or 64) install the .deb as normal and you are ready to go.
>
>     Justin
>
>     On 08/06/2011 09:22 AM, Steffen Schwarz wrote:
>>     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>
>>     </mc/compose?to=chris at mccormick.cx>/* wrote:
>>
>>
>>         From: Chris McCormick <chris at mccormick.cx>
>>         </mc/compose?to=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>
>>         </mc/compose?to=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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