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By VirtualPC, do you mean this site: www.virtualpc.com? (I think not, but I'm a novice).
by prakster 13y ago
By VirtualPC, do you mean this site: www.virtualpc.com? (I think not, but I'm a novice).
- BruceIV 13y agoI think they mean Microsoft Virtual PC, but I believe that only supports Windows guest OSes - Oracle VirtualBox is similar software. I have a Xubuntu VM running in VirtualBox on my Windows 8 laptop that I keep around for coding; it's actually a pretty nice setup. I run the VM on my external monitor, and can use the Windows host to do web browsing, play music, etc. while I'm working - I've even made my Dropbox a shared folder with the VM, so the guest OS can use the files but the host OS handles syncing them so there's no edit conflicts.
- prakster 13y agoThanks for the clarification.
- clubhi 13y agocrap I meant virtualbox. I hope you haven't become an expert on virtualpc already.
- BruceIV 13y agoI've actually been playing around a bit with Hyper-V in Windows 8, and you can run Linux guests, but nearly as nicely as VirtualBox does (it's harder to set up, and you don't get shared folders, shared clipboard, or proper full-screen resolution). Also, installing Hyper-V breaks VirtualBox, as it seems to monopolize the hardware features needed for good CPU virtualization.
- prakster 13y agoHi Bruce, thx for suggesting Hyper-V, but I think I will try VirtualBox first. Appreciate your responses.
- prakster 13y agoHaha no; am setting up VirtualBox.