Are you able to run another OS on Microsoft XP?

Question

I noticed in the latest edition of CPU magazine, they were talking about different OS. They mentioned that there was a program that when you clicked it, you were able to run another operating system (Ubuntu, i think). Does anybody know the program or any program that lets you do that?

Answer 1

Ubuntu IS another Operating System, it's a version of Linux.



One way to use Ubuntu is Wubi.



http://wubi-installer.org/



It will install Ubuto, and let you select which Operating system you want to run whenever you reboot the computer. You'll get a text menu that will display for a few seconds whenever you reboot.



There are a number of Linux versions, or Distributions out there. Ubuntu is popular, but Red Hat, Knoppix and many others are available and can be VERY different from each other. They can look and act vary differently.



You can also download what's called a "Live CD" which is a CD image you burn to a CD or DVD and use that bot boot your computer. Most distributions have a "Live CD" version you can use to try the OS without installing it.

Answer 2

There's VMware which allows "personal space" to run a virtual computer. That way custom setups for servers can be "installed" to test if they will be efficient. These virtual machines decouple the hardware from the installs. A different concept than the usual dual-boot which requires a reboot to go back and forth.

Answer 3

Parallels can allow two operating systems to run at the same time, they even share the same screen. A guy at work has MacOS and XP running at the same time, the mac toolbar is on the top, start menu at the bottom. When you do this, the actual OS running is parallels and it provides services (network, audio, video) to each of the two OSs at the same time.

Answer 4

Yes, you would have to partition your drive or get another HDD, even an external.



You can download Ubuntu from their website as an ISO (disk image) and then load it to the correct partition or HDD and boot from that drive, viola.. you have another OS.



You can also put Mac OS on a PC but that's another question

Answer 5

The products you are looking for are:



Microsoft Virtual PC

VMWare (various versions...)



I use VMWare (because I'm running non-Windows as my primary OS)... it lets me run a copy of Windows on a virtual machine inside the running Linux OS.



As far as I'm aware both Virtual PC and VMWare GSX are free for individual use.

Answer 6

yes, i heard that 2,i believe its called parody its only availble on mac but if u load up a new operating system on windows xp when u swich ur computer on press f8 a few times and hit enter then chose the os simple, lol!!!!!

Answer 7

yea its called wubi. u can run ubuntu without burning a disc or partitioning ur hd



http://www.download.com/Wubi/3000-2094_4-10702316.html?tag=lst-0-1