Go for virtualbox <http://www.virtualbox.org/>, very simple and intuitive to use. no complex licensing issues like vmware and very good compatibility
Also Ubuntu plays well with VB . Regards Saurabh On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:28 AM, bishal pantha <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey if you want to get into linux a bit easier (without all those nasty > console struggling, which can be down turning at first) I can really > recommend WUBI > (http://wubi-installer.org/<http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fwubi-installer.org%2F>- > Ubuntu Linux "Live") to you. > > Wubi can be installed next to Windows (tried myself a while ago). It does > so without affecting windows in any form, because it creates a virtual disk > (somewhere on your normal hard-disk), thus there isn't any harm done to your > regular windows installation. The only thing ALTERED is that Wubi needs to > add GRUB bootloader to you Master-Boot-Record. (Which btw. can easily be > restored with your windows installation cd/dvd) > > The advantage is that you have a (nearly) full speed, persistant (live CD > sadly aren't ^^) grafical linux without affecting windows, without the need > to use an emulator (like cygwin). The only downside is that hard-disk access > is a bit slower due to disk-virtualisation... > > Thanks and Regards > Bishal Pantha > -- Best Regards Saurabh Bhatia http://safewlabs.com/ Founder Safew Technology Labs Pvt Limited
