[lug] linux distro on my windows laptop, vmware ?

[David "Barahon" Willson]

Flaunting is the wrong word...

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-----Original message-----
From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List"  
<lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 20:40:13 GMT+00:00
Subject: Re: [lug] linux distro on my windows laptop, vmware?

> I am still hoping (would pray if I were religious) for some standard
> distro to come with a built-in VM box (by someone skilled enough to
> configure it) so that one could instantly toggle back and forth
> between Linux and Windows without re-booting.

Ubuntu 10.04

$ sudo apt-get install vboxgtk

Poof! Your hopes are answered!

Now all you need is an ISO of your favorite Windows, and a product key. If  
you have a product key on a sticker on your machine, I can probably help you  
find an ISO of the matching OEM version of Windows. It's not entirely legal,  
though. As I understand it, Microsoft does not allow the OEM license to be  
moved, even to a VM on the same hardware. My application of the Golden Rule  
says they're beings dicks about it, and will grow more by our direct  
flaunting of their idiocy.
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