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Brandon [Visitor] in response to: Virtual PC 2007: Bleeding Edge Virtualization

Brandon [Visitor] — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:14 +0000

You should use virtualbox becuase I know for a fact that virtual pc 2007 doesn't support Ubnuntu or any type of linux. I have tried doing this and I couldn't even get it to install. So guess you could say that you were lucky getting that far. Also virtualbox runs in OSX so you at least don't have to pay for a program like Parallels. Hope this gives ya some thoughts.

David Scheidt [Visitor] in response to: Virtual PC 2007: Bleeding Edge Virtualization

David Scheidt [Visitor] — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:58:55 +0000

Ok, Ubuntu fanbois... Please have at least a LITTLE courtesy before you spout off.

Rick was writing about VPC, NOT Ubuntu. He happened to pick it to try a 'virtual linux'. It didn't work. Did he criticize Ubuntu? Not even implicitly. He was criticizing the default RAM selection from VPC.

Now, for both of the points you raised, neither option is OBVIOUS. 'Install in Text mode'? 'Install in Safe Graphics mode?' Puh-leezz... Why is it the user's responsibility to fiddle with these settings when installing? Can't the darn thing default to a minimalist mode, then add on when it realizes what's there? Things like this make it difficult for people to use the product.

rekle [Member] in response to: Virtual PC 2007: Bleeding Edge Virtualization

rekle [Member] — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:34:02 +0000

Everyone,

This blog was more a criticism of Virtual PC itself, rather than Ubuntu. I was complaining that Virtual PC couldn't handle the graphics mode that Ubuntu used in its install, not that Ubuntu had problems.

As for Vista, I had nothing but problems with it. It was VERY unstable on my PC. These problems with Vista caused me to get rid of Vista in favor of XP, as I wrote about in a later article. Perhaps Vista is more stable now than it was when I wrote this article 8 1/2 months ago, but I really have no desire to try again.

VMWare works VERY well. Virtual PC does NOT.

Also, on a side note, constructive criticism and suggestions on how to fix my problems are appreciated. Insulting comments such as "If you bothered to spend more time trying to set up VPC than you did writing this post then you would have managed to fix all of this." are not.

Arrick moore [Visitor] in response to: Virtual PC 2007: Bleeding Edge Virtualization

Arrick moore [Visitor] — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:29:22 +0000

If you would have checked at the ubuntu forums, you might have seen that you needed to install the Ubuntu Desktop in "Safe Graphics Mode" which is a choice from the gui installer.

This will make it install at the 16 bit color rate. Ubuntu by default installs using 32 bit, and VPC can only use 16 bit....

Common Sense is an uncommon virtue.

Geoff [Visitor] in response to: Virtual PC 2007: Bleeding Edge Virtualization

Geoff [Visitor] — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:39:04 +0000

If you bothered to spend more time trying to set up VPC than you did writing this post then you would have managed to fix all of this.

You can change the RAM on a virtual machine at ANY time. You can use up as much or as little host memory as you like by using the slider in the options...it's that simple.

Ubuntu WILL work on a vpc, but you need to install in text mode. Why? because virtual PCs don't use 3d acceleration, they use the trio 3 software based graphics driver.

Virtual PC 2007 WILL work in vista, in fact - i'm writing this post from within a VPC that is running on a Vista host