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> On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 17:55 +1200, Derek Smithies wrote:
> [...] >> Summary:
> >> a fresh install of 12.04 was worth the hassle. I
> like it. >>
> >>
> there was one other thing I neglected to mention, which
> made the fresh install well worth it.
> On the box which had been updated multiple times to the
> next ubuntu release, virtualbox
> could not be made to work. This was a pain - by going to a
> fresh install, I have virtualbox working...
>
> For those not in the know, virtualbox is a bit of software
> that emulates (quite nicely) a computer. One
> can install windows, linux (whatever) onto the virtual box
> and it runs just fine. So for me, I have a win XP
> program that does VOIP - testing it is a pain, cause a
> proper test requires a minimal win XP box with no
> libraries or development libraries etc. Quite nice to run
> my win xp program on a virtual box computer, and hear
> audio from the win xp program running on a linux
> computer..
>
> But I did wonder, can one browse with impunity using any
> browser (provided it is running inside a virtualbox
> environment)?
>
I use Virtualbox too and have used Firefox with no problems
so my guess would be any browser would work fine - I've got
the guest optional package installed to as this means I can
move in and out of the Virtualbox OS onto my Linux OS
without doing the Ctrl-?? thing you otherwise would need to
to get back to the host OS.
Since I found Virtualbox I've not even bothered with VMware
(but admit to be stumped with wanting to do somethings like
access the Serial port within the sandbox XP).
but I have a native XP install too so just did what I wanted
on that PC.
HTH
dave.
> Cheers,
> Derek.
>
> --
> Derek J Smithies Ph.D.
> Christchurch,
> New Zealand
>
> -- "How did you make it work??" "the usual, got
> everything right"
>
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