Virtutal Box is runs win32 pretty good. Lots of how-to's on the web for creating one, especially on ubuntugeek.org. I ran win7 rc1 nicely on 1gb ram, never crashed. www.virtualbox.org
Seeing a huge volume of infections since Jan 1st. Make sure all security fixes are in place in win32, antivirus software up to date, and use 2 or 3 different spyware detectors (make sure malware bytes is one of them). Occassionally use a boot cd w/clam to scan the windows pc if you still dual boot/other pc... On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > I am not familiar with a vm. They run too slow and choppy in Wine. My > concern was more general as I don't duel boot. > > > > John D. Mort wrote: > >> If the sysreq's are minimal on those old games, you could run them in >> a VM. Significantly fewer concerns over viruses then. >> >> -- >> John D. Mort >> http://john.mort.net >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I put Windows back into one system so that my son could play some old >>> games >>> from his sister's youth and he picked up the same virus twice in four >>> weeks. >>> I won't let him go online in Windows. >>> >>> I wonder if you are more vulnerable to windows viruses if you duel boot >>> (because you are reaching across the partitions to get things) or if you >>> use >>> Wine (it might run a windows virus) >>> >>> xe22 wrote: >>> >>>> Mark Wallace wrote: >>>> >>>>> And the beauty of Linux is that later, when you hear that everybody has >>>>> developed drivers and 64 bit edtions, you can upgrade on a rainy >>>>> afternoon >>>>> for free. Just be sure to back up our data on a separate media. >>>>> -- >>>>> Robert Mark Wallace >>>>> 60 Delaware Road >>>>> Newburgh, New York 12550-3802 >>>>> Telephone: (845) 566-0586 >>>>> >>>> Absolutely. The Linux system turned out to be much better and easier >>>> than I expected when I first got into it. The power is awesome. >>>> The majority does not know what they are missing. >>>> >>>> Louis >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >>>> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>>> >>>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >>>> Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration >>>> Apr 7 - Nagios >>>> May 5 - Android >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >>> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>> >>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >>> Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration >>> Apr 7 - Nagios >>> May 5 - Android >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >> Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration >> Apr 7 - Nagios >> May 5 - Android >> > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android > -- Ed Gorman I lowered my cholesterol 60 points in a week and a half using the Heart Health™ System - Single Box<http://www.marketamerica.com/casheltech/index.cfm?action=shopping.wpGoShopProducts&skuID=13847&switchPrdCountry=USA>(Advanced LipiTrim® Ultra, Essential Omega III Fish Oil, TriActive™) Single Box (Advanced LipiTrim® Ultra, Essential Omega III Fish Oil, TriActive™) Endless Shopping Experience: Earn 3-35% cashback for every purchase at http://www.marketamerica.com/casheltech/ ***NOTE*** This email was sent from an unsecure computer and is not digitally signed or encrypted. No confidential data is in this email.
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