On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 05:06, asmith<wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. > > I guess it is a good idea for me to try the Linux OS on a pc and just look what it is and try everything locally first. > > Is it possible I install the Linux on my pc which has windows as well? (running both at the same time) > Virtualbox.... (VMware server / MS Virtual PC might work as well, but Virtualbox beat the free versions of those...) (And a virtualized environment is probably a good test, since a VPS is a virtualized environment as well...) You need lots of RAM though, since you need to give the VM a decent-sized chunk... Or create a partition and dual boot... (Most live-CDs can do this, shrinking partitions is risky though...) For debian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32-loader_%28Debian%29 For Ubuntu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_%28Ubuntu%29 Note: I have a VPS with VPSLink and they offer quite a few OS choices... (In general: You need to take a decent amount of RAM though, which might get expensive and Xen seem te be a better choice than OpenVZ, at least for small amounts of RAM...) (Several VPS providers exist, shopping around is probably not a bad idea...) Gert
