i'm looking for a windows emulator, what would be a good one to use on Mandriva 2007


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My suggestion has to be VirtualBox: http://www.virtualbox.org/

Both VirtualBox and VMWare Server are free, and each one has its own advantages over the other.

If you want to emulate Win95/98/Me, use qemu, vmware player* or vmware server. Virtualbox does not support Win9x series. I would recommend vmware player as it's easier to use than the other two emulators.

For emulating Win2000/XP or later, any of the emulators you can find should work. Vmware products now have experimental Direct3D support, and Virtualbox has seamless windows mode.


*Use easyvmx to create new disk image and vmx file. http://www.easyvmx.com