Almost forgot. You can also use Virtual Box to make a virtual Linux/BSD machine. I might test out Xubuntu or gOS on the Windows version of Virtual Box and see how good they run virtualized.
Well, you answered my post #63. But the more I think about it the less intrigued I am about running a virtual Ubuntu over Windows XP.
XP’s the system I want to migrate from. It’s slow & clunky compared to Ubuntu. It would make more sense to make my hard drive a Linux partition and run a minimal install of XP in order to get the few applications I need.
However, some questions come up: 1) If I’m running XP in a virtual space, do I still need all the security features like anti-virus, firewall, spamware, etc, even though I’d only be using it to port applications over to Ubuntu? 2) How does a virtual version of XP handle hardware drivers? Will it recognize my sound/video card, printers and such? I ask this because I use Audacity for music and in Windows it recognizes sound coming from the Internet; in Ubuntu it doesn’t. (But that’s another issue).
These are some things I’ll have to resolve before I go either route.