Nkoli wrote:
George Olson
wrote: Hello all, I have heard that there is a way to run a "windows shell" or something like that. As I slowly migrate from windows to Linux, there are still some critical program I need to access that run only on windows. Is there a way to open a "windows shell" and run those programs without having to shut down Linux and reboot to windows? If so, can someone help me figure out how to get something like that started?
You might want to take a look at virtualbox. You can install it from Yast (you may have to add the Virtualbox community repository to get the latest version though). It lets you run windows in a virtual environment without having to shut down linux.
Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
If it is just a single, mainstream program that is not rewritten frequently (e.g. Quicken qualifies, TurboTax does not), it may run under Wine. If you have Windows installation CDs, you can install it in an virtual machine (VM). There are several VM packages: KVM, Xen, QEMU, VirtualBox, VMware. A temporary solution is to run the Windows 7 Release Candidate in a VM until it expires next summer. Audio and real-time games don't run well in a VM. Nor often anything requiring hardware acceleration for the video (there are exceptions, but it requires luck AND work).
HTH, Jeffrey
Virtualbox and vmware have supported decent graphical acceleration since middle or end of last year. Games made for directx9 and lower should work with few hiccups. Directx10 games are iffy at best.
Nkoli
Ok, I installed Virtualbox, through YaST, but now when I try to run it, the cursor just bounces up and down for a couple of minutes, and then nothing happens. Is there a way I can figure out how to make the interface come up? Thanks George Olson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org