Run Windows Apps Seamlessly Inside Linux


	Run Windows Apps Seamlessly Inside Linux

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You love working inside your Linux desktop, but at the most inconvenient times you've got to reboot into Windows—whether to open a tricky Office file, try out a Windows application, or even just play a quick game. However, with some free tools and a Windows installation disk, you can have Windows apps running right on your Linux desktop and sharing the same desktop files. It's relatively painless, it takes only a little bit longer than a Windows XP install, and it works just like virtualizing Windows on a Mac with <A href="http://lifehacker.com/software/parallels/hack-attack-how-to-run-windows-and-mac-apps-side+by+side-with-parallels-221002.php">Parallels Coherence</A>—except it's free. Here's how to set up Windows inside <A href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox</A>, and then get Windows apps running seamlessly inside your desktop.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/367714/run-windows-apps-seamlessly-inside-linux"><P>If you're curious what the end result might look like, here's a screenshot from my quick installation. I would've loved to have gotten iTunes running, but I didn't have time to wait for all the post-XP-installation patches/upgrades to install to show you. (Click for larger image)
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