Gordon wrote:
> "jasee" <jasee@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:aNydnWy6oLFIxNHanZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d@bt.com...
>> Gordon wrote:
>>> A genuine question:
>>> Which is safer, to install linux, and run XP in a virtual machine (I
>>> have Office 2007 which AFAIK won't run in WINE yet) or to keep my
>>> current installation of XP and Office 2007 and run Linux in a virtual
>>> machine for browsing, newsgroups etc?
>>> If the latter, can someone point me to some info as to what distros
>>> will run in Virtual PC 2007?
>>
>> You can't run any linux distros on any of Ms's virtual machines. Try Vm
>> workstation for Linux, version 6 is very good I use it on top of Red Hat
>> thought it will run on top of many distributions. There's a list at
>> http://www.vmware.com
>>
>> Theres also an enthusiastic forum. You can get a month's free trial. But
>> the cost of workstation 6 is only about $100. you can run dos, linux, all
>> versions of windows even Vista, Mac and IIRC solaris and others.
> thanks for that - I've used the free VMWare Server before. Which of the
> two scenarios above would you consider to be safer, or are they about the
> same?
Windows inside Linux. Windows is more at risk from the internet than Linux
is, so deny Windows access to the internet. Also, you'll be able to
conserve resources by shutting down the Windows VM when you don't want to
use Office.
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