Virtual Machine Update
As promised, I thought I'd give a bit of feedback no how the installation of the Virtual Machine and Windows XP went. Well, it all went without a hiccough.
OK, I guess you're after a bit more than that! I chose the Virtual Box OSE as I'd literally just finished reading an article in a magazine about it at the time. I couldn't get the latest download from the site to work like the magazine suggested I ought to do, but when I installed from the Fedora repositories, I found the software was only a minor version behind, and thus-far, I've had no issues with it. The installation is pretty simple, just create a new virtual machine, tell it what memory and disc constraints I want to put in place and what guest OS is going to be resident, and then shove in the OS installation disc.
One of the major benefits, was that this is the easiest installation of Windows I've had yet, as the virtual machine emulates near perfect conditions for Windows, so there's no hassle of messing about with drivers and restarting a couple of dozen times as I install them. True, the performance isn't of a standard where I can play 3D games, but that's not what I wanted this setup for.
As with other things Linux I've been trying lately, it just works from the start, which is where Linux has been needing to get I think for a while. Now is the time when I think Linux could really make an impact on the desktop market, and be as successful as it has been on the server, supercomputer, mobile and embedded markets.
