Topic: Running Ubuntu on Vista with Virtual Box

[sam]

http://smallboxadmin.blogspot.com/2008/10/running-ubuntu-on-vista-with-virtual.html

I've been getting requests on how to dual boot Vista and Linux or requests to install Linux on someones recently purchased computer. If the goal is to try out Linux or a few of the many Linux distributions, then I suggest running Linux virtually. That way one can a) decide which distribution they prefer, and b) decide of Linux will be their primary operating system.

At work I prefer to use Ubuntu Linux as my primary operating system and run Windows XP in Virtual Box for specific tasks that must be run under Windows. At home, I run Vista as my primary operating system and run different instances of Linux for testing using Virtual Box. I also run instaces of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, only I found that Virtual PC works better for me in that specific testing scenario.