Thank you VirtualBox :-)

As I have posted in an earlier blog, I have switched from using the Microsoft Windows operating system to the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

However, one major problem and stepping stone was that I am programming for the MS Windows environment (and therefore need to constantly test any progress in the Windows operating system) it meant that I had to boot into Windows when I was working, which was a major downside (and maybe one of the reasons that added to my previously described lack of motivation).

All has been solved this year, as I have eventually downloaded VirtualBox onto my Ubuntu system, and now can run the two versions of Windows I have from inside Linux, without the need to dualboot my laptop.

VirtualBox has answered my prayers. I can now stay within Ubuntu, which has all my favourite programs and settings and security, while continuing proamming and testing my compiled programs.

Lastly, one big advantage is that I have a big widescreen laptop, and with virtualbox I can easily resize the VirtualBox environment and emulate different screen resolutions easily so I can check that my programs work on screens from small resolutions such as 800x600 to big widescreen resolutions.


Hurray for VirtualBox!

I've installed VirtualBox on both Windows and Linux and have fun installing and trying different operating systems on it.


PS. I'm using the free Open Source Edition (VirtualBox OSE).
Lastly, VirtualBox can be installed on Windows, Linux and OSX and used to install many types of operating systems, which is great for either functional purposes (such as I'm using as described above) or just to test a different operating system, without installing properly (which I've had fun doing).