On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:20:36 +0200 gceruti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Folks > > I need to start getting all the household away from M$, dual boot is not the > way, I would like them to load OpenSUSE and then if need be start the M$ > program they need. > > So some questions: > I must reinstall M$, I cannot use a PC that has M$ already installed. > What are the options here , wine, Crossover Office, XEN, VMWARE. > > Is it possible to boot both operating systems at the same time and then > switch > betwen them. > > Any other ideas ?. Just trying to add a bit to what has already been stated. Probably a best approach is to install either VMWare or Virtualbox using Linux as a host OS, but it appears that Gerard has Windows already installed. Additionally, VMWare has 2 free products: 1. VMWare Player. VMWare player cannot create a virtual machine, you can only use virtual machines that have already been created. 2. VMWare Server. I had this running on my Linux laptop last summer. While this worked fine, when I started up the laptop, the Windows virtual machine would also start up. The only other issue I had with this was that my wife wanted XP so she could use the Big Brother feeds which required Real Player 10 AND MSIE for the login. In this case Crossover Office and WINE did not work. Also, occasionally, the feed video would freeze, but I think that tweaking some options could alleviate that. Other Real Player videos worked fine in XP or native Linux. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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