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Microsoft's Next Virtual PC Will Run Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the say-it-ain't-ain't-so dept.

Fallen Kell writes "Contrary to previous reports, eWeek is reporting that Microsoft's new version of Virtual PC will support Linux as a virtual OS. I for one am very glad that MS did not strip out all the capability from this great product."

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  1. It will run Linux... by Smork · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..for just $699 :)

  2. Sure it supports it! by SynKKnyS · · Score: 5, Funny
    Linux version 2.4.22 (root@macuser.org) (gcc version 3.2.1) #2 Mon Nov 02 00:08:59 EST 2003
    BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
    BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
    BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
    BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000fff0000 (usable)
    BIOS-e820: 000000000fff0000 - 000000000fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
    BIOS-e820: 000000000fff3000 - 0000000010000000 (ACPI data)
    BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
    255MB LOWMEM available.
    On node 0 totalpages: 65520
    zone(0): 4096 pages.
    zone(1): 61424 pages.
    zone(2): 0 pages.
    Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=306
    Did not detect DRM license
    Kernel Panic
  3. Re:Nice! by fr0m · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the bottom of the article page:

    Next page: Microsoft puts focus on security.

    Does THAT sound like something Microsoft would do? heh

  4. Question... by shplatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now, can you run multiple Vitual PC Linuxes in a Beo... Oh. Crap. Nevermind.

  5. It's cold in here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    iTunes for Windows...
    popup blocking in XP
    Linux on MS VPC!

    yep.. it's a cold day in hell

  6. Re:Why wouldn't they? by JamesP · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thank you...

    VirtualPC is a PC emulators... if it doesn't run Linux, then it doesn't run shit...

    --
    how long until /. fixes commenting on Chrome?
  7. Easy! Don't Upgrade! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
    Don't 'upgrade'(accepted term) past 6.0.1 - I think that is the last version before MS took over, and changed the title to "Microsoft Virtual PC: It's not Done till Lotus Notes and Wordperfect and Linux and Falcon's Eye and Netscape and AOL and BeOS and Mr. Do and Office Don't Ruu..and...OFFICE!?! This time We've gone TOOO FAR!!"

    MS's 'bug fixes' are like feeding an food poisoning victim more tainted meat.

  8. This is so great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we can have access to that multitude of Linux applications for not more than the price of VirtualPC and MSWindows, and get the legendary stability and resilience of MSWindows, to boot. And boot, and boot, and boot.

  9. IRONY AT IT'S BEST by burdicda · · Score: 5, Funny

    Running Linux on top of windows...
    isn't that like wearing a raincoat so you don't get wet while riding in a boat with a hole in the bottom
    of it...hehe

  10. Re:What they really mean by IntelliTubbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    You still have to be running Windows or MacOS to use Virtual PC.

    Damn, now if only there were some way to emulate a Linux environment on my Linux box without using Virtual PC ... what a con$piracy!

    Cheers,
    Ari

    --

    Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

  11. Re:"will support Linux" misleading by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 1, Funny
    but.. hell DID freeze over, didn't you hear?

    Wow! Really? That's good news. No, and I haven't heard anything about the Microsoft Linux distro that was due at that time, do you think that that could have slipped out even further now? :-)

    --

    -WolfWithoutAClause

    "Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"
  12. Re:About those accelerated drivers... by thona · · Score: 2, Funny

    VirtualPC only, sorry.

    The problem is that the driver "intgrates" into the VM - it basically uses non-stnadard methods to directly forward commands to the VirtualPC part that then handles it. THis can work as good as emulating DirectX / OpenGL without any significant speed impact, although the emulated graphics card (s3 Trio) is just garbage in the 3d sense.

    No, this is part of the VM. Not sure someone could NOT pull it off, but this is internal API only.

  13. Re:A good indication that american's dont read... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A good indication that american's dont read...

    Seems to be a good indication that $your_nationality can't use apostrophes properly.

  14. This is great! by dheltzel · · Score: 2, Funny

    It will combine all this in a single server:
    - the speed of an emulated 386
    - the uptime and reliability of the Windows host OS
    - the security model common to all Microsoft products

    How can they lose?

  15. Virtual what? by Awptimus+Prime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Contrary to previous reports, eWeek is reporting that Microsoft's new version of Virtual PC will support Linux as a virtual OS.

    Is the OS of a virtual machine really virtual? If so, how far does the virtuality extend? Do I virtually type on my virtual machine running a virtual copy of Linux? Am I virtually coding virtual thoughts when I virtually type on my virtual Linux while it runs on the virtual machine?