[clue-tech] Windows 7 recommendation

[Jon B]

Jason,
Actually you can run ubuntu or another linux distro from a small number of virtual options: VMware, Virtualbox, etc. It's quite easy to setup. 

Also, if it were me I would make sure I had a go-between partition for ease of use... YMMV. 

Thanks,
Jon


On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:35 PM, Jason Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> I will be getting a laptop at the office shortly with pretty decent
> hardware and 4G of RAM.  Windows 7 will be preloaded and I will not
> have administrative rights.
> I run Ubuntu at home.
> I was hoping to run Ubuntu at the office, too, as most of my work
> requires a browser, SSH client, and mail client.  I will need to use
> Windows 7, too, from time-to-time throughout my day for specific
> applications that have no Linux equivalent.  Thus, a dual-boot
> solution would be awkward.
> Is it possible to boot into Ubuntu and then run Windows from it in a
> separate window?  I seem to recall having VMware installed on a
> computer some years back where I was able to do that.
> Your advice is appreciated.
> Jason
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