mutazoid Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Can I run Mandrake 10.1 in Windows? Is it possible to everything including KDE programs? Basically, I have one major problem with Linux and that is I live in Korea. In Korea the websites are very very heavily dependent on IE, I think the pages heavily depend on Active X components. So, once and a while I would like to go to Korean chatting site but I need IE to display the site properly. Any solutions? Thanks [moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 You can get emulators for Windows to run Linux in, however, I don't know what the performance would be like. The other alternative, is install Internet Explorer in Linux. Then you don't need Windows at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 A lot of the open source software available with Linux is available for Windows too. I have used all of the following in Windows (at one stage I had no choice but to use the OS at work): - Abiword - Gaim - Open Office - Xchat - Firefox - Thunderbird The list goes on... so no, you can't run Mandriva _in_ Windows, they are both operating systems and, as such, you will have to work in only one at a time (lets not go into VMware here), but you can run most of the programs included with it. Perhaps you meant dual-boot? This is where you install both Mandriva and Windows on the same machine and can boot into either. If this is what you were asking, then yes, you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutazoid Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Actually, I was hoping there was a way to literally open linux in a window of Windows XP. The emulators seem alright but I need IE. Its really hard to explain but Korean websites are programmed with IE in mind and nothing else. Korean websites are so complex and use Active X often. Also, there is a websmithing program I want to use but its only runable in windows (even though it runs off any kind of server) Otherwise, Linux is cool. Im running a dual boot system but when Im websurfing its real pain in the ass to reboot just to see a Korean website. Oh well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 You can use things like VMWare in Windows, and do as you want, run Linux in a window within Windows. But, as I mentioned in my previous post, I'm not sure how performance would be. I only know of VMWare, I'm not sure of any other emulators that you could try that work in a similar way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Qemu is said to be a nice solution to run Linux inside Windows. The Damn Small Linux distribution even has a version to run inside Windows: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org I also remember of a Linux distribution that ran in Windows as a program off a disk-image file. I don't remember the name though. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutazoid Posted September 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 How about running windows in Linux, even if I have to run windows 98 that would be cool. I just want IE for korean sites and mamboforge. Thanks ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 You can get qemu for windows, which should allow you to run Linux "inside" Windows. Or, as I mentioned already VMWare, but it's expensive. Qemu is free. Do a google for it, there's a website you can download it from. I did today :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieag Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 how about IE under wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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