You do not need to install a virtual system to install Windows XP in, although you can if you want to.
gOS 3 comes with WINE installed, and WINE replicates the "surroundings" in which (most) Windows programs can run. It is NOT a copy of Windows though. It "just" let Windows programs run on Linux. And its free, you do not have to buy a copy of Windows. as short introduction to WINE Wikipedia is a good start. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software) If you think this text is too technical for you, do not despair, Windows applications are under WINE no more difficult to use than under Windows. And if you get the hang of it no more difficult to install either. On the other hand, you shouldn't have to be dependent on WINE (or windows) for your computing needs, there are fine alternatives for practically any and all Windows applications. Most Linux users (and Mac users for that matter) never look back to Windows once they start using something else. WINE is in principle only necessary if you have a legacy application you need to continue to use. For example an application that was specifically written for you. To learn to use WINE, you should go to the "WINE headquarters" here: http://www.winehq.org/ Or you could start by using this short introduction: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wine On 21 dec, 14:09, "Kevin Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote: > What I would like to learn is how to get a virtual box or something where I > can load Windows XP and run the things I cannot use with gOS, but can with > Windows. > I have not yet become computer savvy with how to do these things....but am > willing to learn, after all I am a drummer with both brains working > simultaneously or in opposition (which is when you learn the Truth). > > 2008/12/21 Graham Todd <[email protected]> > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:00:43 +1000 > > "Kevin Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Another thing that won't work properly is Skype.....why? why me? > > > First of all, I should say that Skype is a proprietary system, using > > its own protocols to connect. In Linux, such proprietary systems are > > deprecated. You'll be much better off using an open-source protocol > > such as SIP to connect, and there is a client for this: ekiga. > > > Ekiga is in your repositories and fully mature SIP VoIP client; twinkle > > is another (and you may find more by Googling). Neither of them will > > carry Skype, which does not use the SIP protocol. This is the problem > > with proprietary formats: if you cannot connect to the proprietary > > package(s), you cannot use the software you have, whereas if open > > formats are used and clients are written for open formats, you always > > have a choice. > > > Now back to your original moan :-) Please give us some more > > information about what happens when you try to connect with Skype, and > > we will try to help you. > > > Its not just you, its the expectation that Linux will behave exactly > > like Windows, and it does not. > > > -- > > Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
