Linux and Windows running together

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badreligion156

Discussion Starter · Mar 13, 2009

Hey guys, i want to know how i can run windows and ubuntu together. I know this requirs me to emulate one of the OS but i dont know how to start. Im not sure how to get Vmware or if there are any better alternatives.

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error10

· #2 · Mar 13, 2009

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Originally Posted by badreligion156

See the "Never dual boot again!" link in my sig if you want to run Linux in a virtual machine. Alternately you can dual boot.

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thiussat

· #3 · Mar 13, 2009

If you have the HD space, then just dual-boot. Even better, use a separate hard drive for Linux.

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-iceblade^

· #4 · Mar 13, 2009

aas above. you could install ubuntu within windows to try it out as well but that can be a bad idea...

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theRemix

· #5 · Mar 13, 2009

i used to have linux with windows on a vmware (cause they both run faster than the other way around), until i finally stopped having to turn on the windows machine by replacing all the windows apps with linux equivalents.

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badreligion156

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 14, 2009

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Originally Posted by error10

See the "Never dual boot again!" link in my sig if you want to run Linux in a virtual machine. Alternately you can dual boot.

thanks! it worked great!

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razr7

· #7 · Mar 14, 2009

use vmware

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kneeki

· #8 · Mar 16, 2009

I prefer VirtualBox to do this, it's a real amazing piece of software!

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error10

· #9 · Mar 16, 2009

I wrote the guide using VirtualBox because it's free, and VMware Workstation isn't. I personally use VMware Workstation since it has more features, can do dual-core, and I already have a license for it.

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