[xubuntu-users] Windows files

[Eberhard Roloff]

Nils Kassube wrote:
> Matthew Young wrote:
>> I am talking about .exe files. Will they open ?
> 
> Sometimes you can run exe files with wine. It depends on the particular 
> application you want to run. You can check at <http://appdb.winehq.org/> 
> if your application is supported.
> 
> Other than that you can use a virtual machine like VirtualBox and install 
> Windows on the VM. But then you need a Windows licence which allows to be 
> installed in a VM. Usually OEM versions don't allow that. 

At least over here in Germany, you may legally use an OEM version for this.

Furthermore you
> need a lot of memory to run a virtual machine.

more precisely, you will need to provide what the guest OS needs, when 
running on "bare metal" (so 384MB to 512MB for XP will do). 
Additionally, you will need to add what your Linux host base needs. In 
my experience this can be at least 128MB to 256MB, if you will use the 
guest OS exclusively, or more, if you will use both OSses simultaneously.

Eberhard