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Originally Posted by Quoth
You need a copy of windows.
Virtual Box comes with most versions of Linux and creates a fake computer. You allocate RAM and disk space.
A DVD, USB , ISO etc can be "mounted" as if a CD/DVD player.
USB serial and parallel ports can be mapped as if actual serial & parallel (as with Wine).
Follow MS instructions for installing Win7 or XP on the included VM with Win10!
Use this free MS tool to make an image of an existing RUNNING Windows for a VM! Intended for use with a VM on Win10, but works with VM on Linux. There are default settings that need changed and even if the BIOS/PC has UEFI, it works as long as the source Windows uses Legacy BIOS boot.
You then install "Guest tools" by mounting it as a DVD on the guest Windows and it installs network, USB and Graphics drivers.
Using an external USB 3.5" HDD, the image of my Dell i8200 laptop's XP (a 1.8GHz P4) runs FASTER with 1000Gbps lan instead of 100, and superior graphics on the Linux Mint 64 bit host. An 8 G RAM i5 with 500 G HDD. I have wine too.
I have two Windows VMs, one has full Office XP with later Visio and Mappoint. and the other has Word 2007 & Excel 2007. I have Word 2003 on Wine, the only version of office really stable on Wine and maybe one of the best. I have a Classic Office Menu Plugin (free download) to make Word 2007 have sensible WIMP GUI instead of stupid ribbon, which sensibly is only an option on LibreOffice (the Note tab bar or something).
KFX is the proprietary successor to Kindle azw3 (KF8) which you get for Kindle apps/Program and direct wifi/3G whispernet instead of download to PC for USB transfer. |
Thanks so much for your detailed explanation, it's much appreciated. It seems there are several flavors of VM, which one in your opinion is best suited for Linux to install Windows 8.1? I'm avoiding installing Windows 10 because when I was using it, even with no updating/upgrade set, the OS still load a bunch of garbages into Windows 10 (not sure how it'll behave under VM), so I'll stay away from 10 if possible.
ps: just curious, why you have Wine & VM? Does VM slow down a lot?