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Idea #453: Seemless & Native Integration with Other OSes



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Written by Jeffrey.Lee.Li the 29 Feb 08 at 01:54. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Would it be nice if we can run applications only available on other OS platforms (such as Windows, Mac OS etc.) NATIVELY inside ubuntu?

No need to configure a dual-boot or even tri-boot, no need to restart again & again to switch from one to another, no need to distinguish which os version one application support, for end users, just Click & Run, ubuntu does the rest AUTOMATICALLY, it's that easy, and elegant.

As far as I can reach, it may seem to be a Mission Impossible to combine all kinds of OS as a bundle and call it ubuntu. But maybe it's feasible to use Virtual Technology (such as VMWare, BootCamp etc.) to achieve the goal.

If that can be realized, ubuntu will not only be just an Linux OS based-on Debian, but also an EXTENCIBLE Shell to any kind of other OSes along with all their applications. And the Kernel is the Ghost of the Computer.

Isn't that cool, guys? What do you Think Different?
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asdf21 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:02
Just follow the guide at http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2007/10/howto-integrate-windows-xp-desktop-into .html

To do it.

dburanen wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 02:03
Virtualization is the key here.

VirtualBox and VMWare work great right now.

Hardy is going to have KVM and virt-manager.

Furthermore, we can run some windows apps "natively" using .dlls provided by wine. For example, Photoshop CS2 for Windows works just fine via wine without the need for any virtualizing.

jespdj wrote on the 8 Mar 08 at 07:58
VirtualBox has a headless / seamless mode, where your Windows taskbar and programs appear fully integrated on your Linux desktop. So what you want is already possible. Check out VirtualBox.

Eldmannen wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 00:24
You can do that with VirtualBox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox

notyetroot wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 17:20
Use VirtualBox/Wine/Cedega/Crossover/CoLinux/VMWare/Win4Lin/Xen. Isn't choice great?


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