Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

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Author: Stephen Partington
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Subject: Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)
you can try it and see.


On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Keith Smith <>
wrote:

> It is OEM. What is the solution for getting an image that I can run in
> VirtualBox?
>
> On 2016-04-20 07:29, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
>> depends on the version/edition of windows. Most OEM copies are not
>> sold with licencing to be run on a VM but some Enterprise editions do
>> allow for such things.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:17 AM, Keith Smith
>> <> wrote:
>>
>> Question : I have several Dell desktops and several Dell laptops
>>> that came with Windows. I've replaced almost all of them with
>>> Linux. I do have a need for Windows on occasion. I do have
>>> VirtualBox configured on my desktop and laptop. I'd like to install
>>> Windows in a guest on VirtualBox. Can I use the OEM copy or do I
>>> need to find an image some place on the net?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> On 2016-04-19 12:12, Wayne D wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/19/2016 10:15 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
>>>
>>> Use virtualbox with "seamless" mode, all the windoze apps run
>>> windowed to be less annoying overall, and you can hide the disgrace
>>> mostly of still using it. :)
>>>
>>> 1 vote each for VirtualBox and QEMU
>>>
>>> Pro's and Con's of each?
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>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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