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Reccomended: More then 512mb ram. (can run windows 2000 or earlier with 512mb)
 
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Revision as of 14:58, 31 July 2010

Things to cover:

  • Running windows inside of a VM
  • Using wine to run windows programs
  • How to find alternatives to common windows programs
  • Games?

Alternatives to windows programs

  • Finding alternatives: http://www.osalt.com/
  • Using google to find alternatives (ie search "program name + linux)

Using wine

see: wine

Using Virtual Machines

VirtualBox, VMWare and Qemu are "virtual machines" which are all capable of running windows, and interfacing with windows only hardware.

Reccomended: More then 512mb ram. (can run windows 2000 or earlier with 512mb)