help.ubuntu.com — Run Windows XP apps on Ubuntu without having and have them appear on your normal Gnome or KDE desktop. The tutorial starts with uses KQemu (now Open Source as of today) but the latter section on coherence can easily be adapted to VMWare Player or Xen.
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nailerFeb 8, 2007Submitter
Hi. I'm the submitter. Answering various questions:foxmagic: yep, you do indeed need to enable terminal services - I've added instructions to the wiki. Thanks for spotting it.shruthi99: Yes, this works with any video card. I happen to be using a Radeon mobility in the screen shots.anoriega: The black XP theme is Royale Noir
Closed AccountFeb 8, 2007
Props for keeping up on this thread. You saved us!+ Friend
vl2006Feb 8, 2007
For the person who couldn't find the kqemu-source i found it in the feisty repository I'm testing if it works in edgy right now not to knowledgeable in Linux so if you want here's the link <a class="user" href="http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?arch=all&file=pool%2Fmultiverse%2Fk%2Fkqemu%2Fkqemu-source_1.3.0~pre9-3_all.deb&md5sum=00e4e6ef811ee19d0e947544a77db8a4&arch=all&type=main">http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/cgi-bin/download.pl?arch=all&file=pool%2Fmultiverse%2Fk%2Fkqemu%2Fkqemu-source_1.3.0~pre9-3_all.deb&md5sum=00e4e6ef811ee19d0e947544a77db8a4&arch=all&type=main</a>
pacificdrumsFeb 9, 2007
I installed win xp under Qemu and it seemed kinda slow. hmm I think I will try vbox and compare.
richaojAug 9, 2007
I just set this up after messing with VMWare for a while. . . . Qemu (with kqemu) seems to be a lot faster for me, and easier to set up with seamless virtualization. Just got rid of any reason I have to boot into windows . . .
cinematicrickFeb 23, 2008
nailer:This all sound great but, I have one question. Can I successfully run my editing programs(i.e. Sony: Vegas-Soundforge-DVD Architect, Adobe: Photoshop-Premiere-After Effects, Poser, Reason, Native Instruments, etc.) with this method? That's all I need.