I decided I wanted to play around with Linux a bit, but wanted it on my desktop machine instead of my laptop which currently is running OpenSuse. However, I didn't want to partition my windows machine, wanting to be able to move back and forth between Linux and windows quickly and easy. I searched online to see if it would be possible to run linux from within Windows.
After searching about, I found two peices of software, VMWare and Sun xVM VirtualBox. I tried VMWare first but I couldn't see any way of booting off a linux ISO (which is how I wanted it to run, having a Suse Linux iso on my computer still from when I downloaded it to put onto my laptop). Maybe I missed something, but then I downloaded Virtual Box and this was much clearer how to use it. Linux installed as normal, but from within a window in Windows Vista. The best thing was I could get on with using my computer whilst waiting for Linux to install. Once it had installed I have been able to run linux as though it was booting directly into linux, and I have had no problems with it yet.
I wish I had descovered this software sooner, as I have often installed linux onto computers when I have become bored of Windows, but then miss the none linux compatable software which I need to use for uni projects, home projects, etc. Anyway, this software is very nice, and it is free (and not just a trial version as far as I can tell), plus it is legal and easy to download full linux ISO's which you can install from, which also contain most of the software you could need. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to try out linux, or would like to use linux, but don't wish to switch 100% away from Microsoft. You can also try out multiple versions of linux as well as other operating systems, such as older versions of windows, DOS, etc.
Some links:
Virtual Box Website
Suse Linux Desktop 10 VMWare (for use with virtual desktop applications)
Installing linux while getting on with some 3D design work:
Once I had installed Linux and played around a bit I decided I wanted to try my hand at creating a theme for the gnome desktop environment. After looking around on the internet and at the existing gnome themes, I realized it was going to be easiest (for me) to make a theme based on the 'Crux' theme, which is mostly image based and so wouldn't involve so much messing about with numbers and finding out what each style was referring to.
Some screenshots of the theme: (graphics created in gimp)
After searching about, I found two peices of software, VMWare and Sun xVM VirtualBox. I tried VMWare first but I couldn't see any way of booting off a linux ISO (which is how I wanted it to run, having a Suse Linux iso on my computer still from when I downloaded it to put onto my laptop). Maybe I missed something, but then I downloaded Virtual Box and this was much clearer how to use it. Linux installed as normal, but from within a window in Windows Vista. The best thing was I could get on with using my computer whilst waiting for Linux to install. Once it had installed I have been able to run linux as though it was booting directly into linux, and I have had no problems with it yet.
I wish I had descovered this software sooner, as I have often installed linux onto computers when I have become bored of Windows, but then miss the none linux compatable software which I need to use for uni projects, home projects, etc. Anyway, this software is very nice, and it is free (and not just a trial version as far as I can tell), plus it is legal and easy to download full linux ISO's which you can install from, which also contain most of the software you could need. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to try out linux, or would like to use linux, but don't wish to switch 100% away from Microsoft. You can also try out multiple versions of linux as well as other operating systems, such as older versions of windows, DOS, etc.
Some links:
Virtual Box Website
Suse Linux Desktop 10 VMWare (for use with virtual desktop applications)
Installing linux while getting on with some 3D design work:
Once I had installed Linux and played around a bit I decided I wanted to try my hand at creating a theme for the gnome desktop environment. After looking around on the internet and at the existing gnome themes, I realized it was going to be easiest (for me) to make a theme based on the 'Crux' theme, which is mostly image based and so wouldn't involve so much messing about with numbers and finding out what each style was referring to.
Some screenshots of the theme: (graphics created in gimp)
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