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March 16, 2008
Anything You Can Do Linux Can Do Better Cheaper
Found this article last night describing using VirtualBox to run Windows apps along side linux apps ala Parallels "Coherence" or VMWare Fusions "Unity."
And if you don't need USB, it's free as in speech.
And if you do need USB, but it's only for personal use, it's free as in beer.
("speech?" "beer"? what? Try this.)
Doesn't seem to do DirectX emulation as Parallels and (to a lesser degree) VMWare do on the Mac, but given that it's open source, I can't imagine it'll be long before someone integrates the Wine D3D to OpenGL thunking code.
I haven't personally had the need to run Windows apps for a long time - since realizing that tracking personal finance in Quicken was costing me more time than it was returning in useful (actionable) information, but still - it's a neat capability.
Posted by dberger at March 16, 2008 9:04 AM