Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
Matthew Larsen :- I'm suprised you cant get your WM5 dev to sync to Evolution, I dont have too many probs doing it (Dell Axim x51v, WM5 AO5). What sort configuration do you use to do this? What does the sync software allow you to do, everything ActiveSync does? What sync software are you using? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 10:56 +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote: On 7/13/07, Skippy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://efficientpc.co.uk/videos/vmware/ if I was to install windows XP in VMware, what would the processing power hit be like? Would it be possible to run outlook in it, without it becoming painful, The reason I want to use outlook is because it is the only way I am aware of that allows me to use my Orange M600 WM5 phone with full syncronsation support. (would VMware do anything silly with the USB) I have Ubuntu 7.04 running on a P3 800Mhz, 512 Ram box at work for 'playing around with'. I have VMware and an XP VM running on it, which has 160Mb Ram. I installed Outlook and ActiveSync but could not get my Orange C500 Smartphone to connect to it. Even with VMware running Ubuntu is still responsive. Next week I'll see if I can work out why the USB is not being recongnised in the VM, I ran out of time yesterdy to figure it out. I had my ipad 6915 syncing with a winXP virtual machine under feisty, deleted the VM so i can't check the details at the moment! but i remember trying different sync modes (assuming it's a WM5, under connections in the settings, there's active sync mode) try both, dont remember which one worked for me. you might need to enable the device after it's connected from the vmplayer menu. hope this helps, Seif Attar -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
Skippy wrote: http://efficientpc.co.uk/videos/vmware/ if I was to install windows XP in VMware, what would the processing power hit be like? Would it be possible to run outlook in it, without it becoming painful, The reason I want to use outlook is because it is the only way I am aware of that allows me to use my Orange M600 WM5 phone with full syncronsation support. (would VMware do anything silly with the USB) Also is it possible to dual boot to the VMware image? So I can run the same XP install on its own. The laptop I want to do this on is a higrade, 1.4ghz Intel (802.11b only), with 512mb ram. Don't know much about all this, but I came across this link. Any use/relevance? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml Regards Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
Don't know much about all this, but I came across this link. Any use/relevance? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml Regards Mac That's actually pretty cool! I'm guessing you'd have to have a pretty powerful PC to run Windows and Ubuntu at the same time like that though? I wonder if it'd work a wee bit quicker using Qemu rather than VMWare for emulation? Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
I'm guessing you'd have to have a pretty powerful PC to run Windows Yes, yes you do. On a slightly less sarcastic note, no, you dont need a particularly powerful machine. Regards, -- Matthew G Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)7739 785 249 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
Hi Chris, On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 14:21 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote: Don't know much about all this, but I came across this link. Any use/relevance? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml I'm guessing you'd have to have a pretty powerful PC to run Windows and Ubuntu at the same time like that though? I wonder if it'd work a wee bit quicker using Qemu rather than VMWare for emulation? I'd be surprised if Qemu is faster than VMWare. Personally I use Qemu and VirtualBox for my emulation needs, there's something about VMWare (aside from the lack of freedom) that I don't like. Doing seamless rdp is possible under Qemu, it's well documented on the wiki. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
Chris Rowson wrote: Don't know much about all this, but I came across this link. Any use/relevance? http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Linux-Symbiosis-Not-a-Dream-Anymore-59314.shtml Regards Mac That's actually pretty cool! I'm guessing you'd have to have a pretty powerful PC to run Windows and Ubuntu at the same time like that though? I wonder if it'd work a wee bit quicker using Qemu rather than VMWare for emulation? Chris Don't see why you couldn't do that on something like an Athlon 64 3000+ with a gig of ram, in fact XP runs quite well under VMware on my Ubuntu box (which is an Athlon 64 3000+ with 1GB Ram). Considering how cheap dual core CPU's are getting now too, and with virtualization in the new CPUs it's getting even easier. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
http://efficientpc.co.uk/videos/vmware/ if I was to install windows XP in VMware, what would the processing power hit be like? Would it be possible to run outlook in it, without it becoming painful, The reason I want to use outlook is because it is the only way I am aware of that allows me to use my Orange M600 WM5 phone with full syncronsation support. (would VMware do anything silly with the USB) Also is it possible to dual boot to the VMware image? So I can run the same XP install on its own. The laptop I want to do this on is a higrade, 1.4ghz Intel (802.11b only), with 512mb ram. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
On 7/13/07, Skippy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://efficientpc.co.uk/videos/vmware/ if I was to install windows XP in VMware, what would the processing power hit be like? Would it be possible to run outlook in it, without it becoming painful, It's actually quite usable, providing you install VMware tools with it. As a rough guestimate, expect maybe 60-80% of native performance. The reason I want to use outlook is because it is the only way I am aware of that allows me to use my Orange M600 WM5 phone with full syncronsation support. (would VMware do anything silly with the USB) I've not used VMware apart from server type stuff, so I don't know of the USB capabilities. I do hear that the latest VMware workstation's USB has been improved drastically. Can't harm to give it a go :-) Also is it possible to dual boot to the VMware image? So I can run the same XP install on its own. I don't think this is possible. IIRC, VMware can access devices/partitions directly, but I can see Windows getting perpetually confused when switching between two different hardware configurations. Maybe someone else will be able to say they've done it successfully. The laptop I want to do this on is a higrade, 1.4ghz Intel (802.11b only), with 512mb ram. What Intel chip is it? If it has has Intel VT capability, then you may also find success installing KVM - it's open source as well, whatever that means to you :-) Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
You might want to give some like Virtualbox or Qemu ago as well. The biggest problem you might have in terms of speed would related to the amount of ram you have. XP really wants 512mg to run at a good speed - which would leave ubuntu with nothing apart from a sore hard disk as it swaps everything. Having side that if your only running outlook and a sync package you might get better mileage. dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Window XP on Ubuntu
It may be possible to switch between 2 hardware setups, windows does come with support for it (take for example when you use a laptop with a port replicator), although I have very little experience in setting up alternative hardware configs in windows so can't give you much more info. You shouldnt get much of a performance hit (if you have the right hardware/software component you can get close to 90% performance), BUT you currently are not able to do things like 3D graphics very well and support for some things may be shoddy (because the VM drivers have to sit between your hardware and what the VM see's) I'm suprised you cant get your WM5 dev to sync to Evolution, I dont have too many probs doing it (Dell Axim x51v, WM5 AO5). Good luck finding a solution Regards, On 13/07/07, Dan Attwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to give some like Virtualbox or Qemu ago as well. The biggest problem you might have in terms of speed would related to the amount of ram you have. XP really wants 512mg to run at a good speed - which would leave ubuntu with nothing apart from a sore hard disk as it swaps everything. Having side that if your only running outlook and a sync package you might get better mileage. dan -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- Matthew G Larsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44(0)7739 785 249 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
