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In article <vdd2g0pddhro616fb8rv86mllksj64rn75@4ax.com>, 
buzz Light Beer <buzz@AA.net> wrote:
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>>*Installing Linux on Microsoft Virtual PC*
>>Undocumented by Microsoft ... by Michael Jackman
>>If you run both Windows and Linux for testing or for cross-platform 
>>purposes, you may be surprised to learn that you can run Linux within 
>>Windows using Microsoft's Virtual PC 2004, a competitor to the more 
>>expensive, but more robust, VMware. 
>>
>>Many Linux users were concerned when MS purchased the former Virtual 
>>PC maker, Connectrix Corp., in January 2003. Microsoft's product 
>>release last December only continued the misunderstandings, as 
>>documentation for installing and running Linux was nonexistent. Rumors 
>>flew that Microsoft had entirely removed Linux guest support. 
>>Fortunately, this is not the case. As expected, Microsoft simply 
>>offers no _official_ support for BSD, Unix, Linux, NetWare and 
>>Solaris. But these OSs will install on Virtual PC, and run well. 
>>[Installation details follow.]
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>VMware has a *nix version <Linux as the Host system>
>To bad that Virtual PC 2004 will only run on 2000 Pro and  XP pro
>versions...I wanted to give the 45 day trial a spin...but I have XP
>Home ver........

Yeah.  There are quite a few useful features of XP Pro lacking in 
Home.  The more I look, the more I find.  They go way beyond the usual 
"If you don't want to access corporate networks you don't need Pro."


Cheers, Phred.

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