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As I type to you. I am using Ubuntu (a form of Linux) which is running in Windows XP. I have the free vmplayer and a special appliance which is a single file of Ubuntu. They have many flavors of Linux which is easy to use because there is no partition. The file is like the partition. There is also no installation. That was done for you. It makes some minor hardware tweaks which take seconds. Note: it is very important to reboot the first time. After that all is fine. I had to make one change to the way it uses the internet which was easy and obvious to do, also adjust the resolution, again easier than Microsoft. If you want to try Linux without much hassel then the vmware vmplayer is perfect. The performance is somewhat slower but ok.


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: braincell on 2006-08-24 21:50 ]</font>

Also, Microsoft have made the full Virtual PC available for free now (hence VMWare's switch to free software!)

I use it a lot at work for developing network solutions on a single computer, it's pretty incredible stuff what you can do with it.

Virtual PC was always among my favourite applications.
Remember that it ran from a 20(!)MHZ Motorola 68K processor on.
The entire developement was done by Connectix, eventually rewarded by a M$ offer, too good to be refused
M$ only contributed to restrict the software.

The original version could be hosted by any X86 OS, a more resource economic and much safer (network/virus) solution than XP.

Btw years ago in the shop we had a lot of fun with it when presenting it on a fast Mac to typical PC 'advocats' ...
It was undeniable that this 'feature' should have been built right into the OS.
If only someone had added a 'virtualized' PCI slot, then you could transfer a complete DAW by image file ...

cheers, Tom

I should add that a gig of RAM is best for the vmplayer. I have half that and that is why it is a little slow. The topic is covered on a recent podcast (mp3 file) of security now:

http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm