On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:16:00PM -0700, Tobiah wrote: > I've always dual booted, because of Windows games, and for some > Windows audio and music software. Now I have a firewire interface that > only works with Jack under Linux, which is unpleasing. > > I decided to install Kubuntu on a virtual machine using Windows > as the host. This is awesome. I'm using a dual head setup, and > put Linux on one monitor full screen, and my main Windows screen > on the other. Vmware allows the mouse to seamlessly glide from > one OS to the other. My firewire interface appears as a well > supported Ensoniq AudioPCI. Too cool. I give Linux a dedicated > stereo pair of the Echo Audiofire8. My machine has 8Gig Ram and > a four core processor. I give half of the ram and two of the four > processors to Linux. I still have two strong 'machines' running at the > same time, and sharing files is easy. > > Cygwin was always a possibility, but I'm going to run this setup > now. The Linux box feels like it's running on its own hardware. > Very cool. The basic version of VMware is free now btw. > Virtualbox is another option, but I think VMware has the edge. > Cool idea, though I would have run the Windoze in the VM box, and had a real operating system running on the hardware. But yeah, virtualization is a LOT more convenient than dual boot for those who need multiple OSen. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
