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    is the coolest thing ever! just put xp on my mac. it itself is in a window! I'll probably put linux on too
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      CommentAuthorOutsider
    • CommentTimeMay 14th 2008
     
    It is cool. Sun has VirtualBox, free and still beta but also works well.

    http://www.virtualbox.org/
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    I'm a big fan of Parallels. I've only used it from within Windows to test in XP and IE6, test demo software in and fiddle with Linux. It also makes a great way to test or download programs or websites that you are uncertain about as it's sandboxed and can not readily access your main OS and files.

    Activated XP with IE6 VHD image from Microsoft

    You can use the Transporter to convert other virtual machine hard drive images to run in Parallels.
    Transporter
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    How is this different from boot camp?
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    Parallels is a virtual machine technology, where you run one operating system inside of another.

    Boot Camp allows you to run Windows OR Mac OS but not simultaneously.
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    what linix should i try? is it easy to install?
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      CommentAuthorgreg
    • CommentTimeMay 18th 2008
     
    if you're a linux newbie, go for ubuntu
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2008 edited by gnome on the 19th May 2008 at 01:40:43 EDT
     
    or debian, or fedora, or pclinuxos, or opensuse, or sabayon, or opensolaris, or freebsd. I like debian and ubuntu and gentoo, which is harder.

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