Virtual Mac or Windows Interface

[Doll, Margaret Ann]

Thanks, Richard.  I will have to try it out.

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> <margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> >> <margaret_doll at brown.edu> wrote:
> >> > We use a lot of Adobe software at the University.  The software
> includes
> >> > Illustrator.
> >> >
> >> > Is there a virtual way to run Mac or Windows software on a Fedora
> >> > system?
> >>
> >> There's always WINE but it can be very hit or miss. Another option
> >> would be to run Windows in a virtual machine.
> >
> > Do you know where the instructions to do this are available?
>
> There's to many ways to make a complete list here with instructions,
> but I personally use VirtualBox[1]. It's relatively easy to setup and
> the performance is pretty good on modern hardware. They have a yum
> repository to make installation[2] and updates easy.
>
> The link is for version 3.2 but just replace "3.2" in the install
> instructions with "4.0" to get the latest released version. I haven't
> installed on a clean system for a while so I assume it pulls in
> kernel-headers and kernel-devel when you install. If not you'll need
> to install those packages as well. It needs them to build the kernel
> module.
>
> Richard
>
> [1] http://www.virtualbox.org/
> [2[
> http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/11/how-to-install-virtualbox-3-2-on-fedora-14/
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