Comments on: Windows XP running on Ubuntu

By: Joao

Joao — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:38:19 +0000

Thanks for the reply 1Earth.

My specs are similar, but before setting up XP inside VB/Ubuntu I'm thinking of getting anywhere between 4 to 8GB of RAM (which nowadays can be bought fairly cheap) so that XP runs as smoothly as possible. I can allocate 2 or 3GB to XP, and Ubuntu will use the rest.

By: 1Earth

1Earth — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:59:27 +0000

I have 2GB of RAM on a Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz processor and in VirtualBox I've allocated 500MB to Windows. I use DreamWeaver, which lags a little tiny bit when it updates files from the 'network' (shared folder under Ubuntu which I can access through the network).

Photoshop runs also lags a bit when you start doing processor intensive stuff. If you have more RAM on your system you can allocate more of it to Windows and I think things will go a lot smoother then. For me, the negligible loss of performance is a small price to pay for not having to reboot into Windows.

By: Joao

Joao — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:00:48 +0000

I'm interested in doing this too. May I ask, how much RAM do you have? Do you notice any lag inside Windows or does it run, as far as you can perceive, as fast as it would in a "standalone" installation?

By: Conan

Conan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:53:45 +0000

This is a really cool set up.

By: Mister Peabody

Mister Peabody — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:41:42 +0000

OH, YES! I installed VirtualBox on top of Easy Peasy (Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1) and then loaded up WinXP Home (had it on hand). Works GREAT! No speed issues on an ASUS eeePC 1000, and now I can back up the VM for later. Much shorter timeframe than setting up a dual boot.

Did have issue with the USB DVD-ROM not being seen by VirtualBox during XP install ("Please insert your WinXPHome CD-ROM" requested by Win installer). Clicking out of VirtualBox and into Ubuntu seemed to solve that problem.

One thing to look at: darn resolution of Eee PC is 1024×600. Will I have to set res to 800×600? PIA but oh well.

Thanks for the overview. The YouTube video made process even easier.