[sf-lug] Virtualized Windows with Virtualbox on Linux

[Ken Shaffer]

>...I am planning to virtualize Microsoft Windows on Virtualbox inside my
Ubuntu 12.04.
>Are there any traps for the unwary that I should know of?

Oh yes, and not only of the technological variety!
  Which Windows (8.x?, 7?,...)? You supply the license/media or they supply?
  Which programs (Office, Project, which Office, etc. whose...)?
  Who installs? If not you,  will they accept the VM?  What else will they
put
     on if you're not the installer)?
  Does the Windows EULA allow virtualization? (XP does, not sure after
that).
  Are you SURE (like IN WRITING sure) that your office is OK with this?
Why should
they care you ask?  Google BSA (or BSA Thugs or BSA audit, and no, not the
Boy Scouts).
How would they handle the threat of a BSA audit (given that the timing is
totally
under BSA's control)?

I have seen licensing issues cost good people their jobs.

Could the necessary programs run under Wine or be substituted
(LibreOffice/OpenOffice)?
Could you use the remote access to a Windows machine to satisfy the
requirement?
Hey, swapping disks is not that hard, and even that may be avoided with a
DVD disk
holder caddy which is only $10-$30 (plus the Windows disk of course).

Many traps, do be careful.
Ken



On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thx, Ehud!
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Ehud Kaldor <ehud.kaldor at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> i run such a config for my work laptop (Ubuntu until yesterday, FC20
>> since). running Windows7 without a hitch. you will need the virtualbox
>> additions for mounting USB, but that is pretty much it. with some
>> effort, you can map the Windows users directories (desktop, music,
>> etc.) to the ones on your linux, but it might cause some issues
>> (folders are mapped over internal network, so, if for some reason
>> Windows will lose connection...).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ehud
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon 10 Mar 2014 02:38:33 PM PDT, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > I have gotten a new job where I am at least permitted to use
>> > GNU-Linux, as opposed to my prior job, where it was Microsoft Windows
>> > all day.
>> >
>> > I have a Zareason machine like this:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://zareason.com/shop/UltraLap-440.html
>> >
>> > except it has SSD hard drive and 8 GB of RAM.  I am required to have
>> > Microsoft Widows available to me at work, and so I am planning to
>> > virtualize Microsoft Windows on Virtualbox inside my Ubuntu 12.04.
>> > Are there any traps for the unwary that I should know of?  Thanks!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Christian Einfeldt
>> >
>> >
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