Comments on: Xp killed my fresh ubuntu http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/ A bunch of useless crap Lincoln Ne Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:17:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26763 joetaxpayer Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:29:03 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26763 Oh, I see. I'll probably jus set up a 20GB XP partition then. Oh, I see. I’ll probably jus set up a 20GB XP partition then.

]]> By: beerorkid http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26759 beerorkid Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:58:52 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26759 no games :( virtual machines do not take advantage of good graphics cards, no 3D. that is the bummer. Plus performance would be hurt a bit. With VMware workstation there is a way to enable graphics acceleration, but it is not the best and workstation costs $ I am using virtualbox at work for my XP VM. it is in the ubuntu repositories and is much easier to get going than vmware server. no games :(

virtual machines do not take advantage of good graphics cards, no 3D.

that is the bummer. Plus performance would be hurt a bit.

With VMware workstation there is a way to enable graphics acceleration, but it is not the best and workstation costs $

I am using virtualbox at work for my XP VM. it is in the ubuntu repositories and is much easier to get going than vmware server.

]]> By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26758 joetaxpayer Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:55:08 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26758 ok, can't wait. So you can play games on the vmware virtual machine without an XP install? Thanks! ok, can’t wait. So you can play games on the vmware virtual machine without an XP install? Thanks!

]]> By: beerorkid http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26757 beerorkid Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:34:46 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26757 oh yeah been doing it for a long time actually. my hard drive has basically two partitions. 20gb for the XP partition and 50gb for the ubuntu. (72gb 10,000 RPM raptor drive) Then in ubuntu I run vmware and have virtual XP machines. (nothing to do with the 20 gb I give an XP partition) I will write up a nice post on it later tonight or tomorrow. Still at work. oh yeah been doing it for a long time actually.

my hard drive has basically two partitions.

20gb for the XP partition and 50gb for the ubuntu. (72gb 10,000 RPM raptor drive)

Then in ubuntu I run vmware and have virtual XP machines. (nothing to do with the 20 gb I give an XP partition)

I will write up a nice post on it later tonight or tomorrow. Still at work.

]]> By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26751 joetaxpayer Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:09:14 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26751 Wait...so did you ever get this set up (what you were attempting in the OP)? I think that would be what I would want to do, but I didn't know you could run things in a virtual XP terminal while in Ubuntu. Any good destructions for that? Wait…so did you ever get this set up (what you were attempting in the OP)? I think that would be what I would want to do, but I didn’t know you could run things in a virtual XP terminal while in Ubuntu.

Any good destructions for that?

]]> By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26728 joetaxpayer Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:58:08 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26728 I played around trying to get a torrent copy of HL2 to work in wine last night, and it was more than a little bit of a headache. With all the instability/issues people have, it seems like it would be a lot easier to have a partition with XP (or vista, *blehk*) for strictly gaming purposes. I have some HD space to spare, so no sweat. I played around trying to get a torrent copy of HL2 to work in wine last night, and it was more than a little bit of a headache.

With all the instability/issues people have, it seems like it would be a lot easier to have a partition with XP (or vista, *blehk*) for strictly gaming purposes. I have some HD space to spare, so no sweat.

]]> By: beerorkid http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26613 beerorkid Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:49:38 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26613 guess it depends on what you are gonna do in it. I gave mine 12 so I could load stem on there. At work we make all our virtual servers 8gb which is plenty. I make my virtual XP boxes with 10gb cuz they are just processing stuff on my network share, not their virtual drives. guess it depends on what you are gonna do in it. I gave mine 12 so I could load stem on there.

At work we make all our virtual servers 8gb which is plenty.

I make my virtual XP boxes with 10gb cuz they are just processing stuff on my network share, not their virtual drives.

]]> By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26611 joetaxpayer Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:45:27 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-26611 meither, but I hope it will work. If not, I was thinking about doing a fresh ubuntu install anyway. How much room does an XP partition need? meither, but I hope it will work. If not, I was thinking about doing a fresh ubuntu install anyway. How much room does an XP partition need?

]]> By: beerorkid http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-25108 beerorkid Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:15:11 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-25108 nope. In fact never tried wine. Have been thinking of messing with it though. nope. In fact never tried wine. Have been thinking of messing with it though.

]]> By: joetaxpayer http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-25104 joetaxpayer Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.beerorkid.com/2007/10/09/xp-killed-my-fresh-ubuntu/#comment-25104 Have you tried wine for gaming? Have you tried wine for gaming?

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