[afnog] ISSUES with UBUNTU

[Yasini Kilima]

Hello Phil,

The reason why I want to avoid Windows OS is the issue of Viruses, The environment I will use the system is no INTERNET so I cannot update any Antivirus Software.
By this means I will still need to run Windows OS on Ubuntu just for Microsoft Publisher.
Thus if one inserts a flash disk with virus it will infect the Virtual OS just same as it would on a physical box.

Thus I am trying to avoid as much as possible not to boot any Windows while benefiting from other Microsoft applications specifically Publisher.

Yasini.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Regnauld [mailto:regnauld at nsrc.org]
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 2:58 PM
To: Yasini Kilima
Cc: afnog at afnog.org
Subject: Re: [afnog] ISSUES with UBUNTU

Yasini Kilima (ykilima) writes:
> Hello Phil
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I am new in Linux

        Hello Yasini,

        I've copied the Afnog list again, so everyone can benefit from
        the answer.

        The easiest is probably to install "VirtualBox" from the package
        selection on your Ubuntu system. Once you've done that, it's
        pretty easy to install Windows, provided you have a Windows CD
        with a valid license:

        http://klikit.pbworks.com/w/page/7315072/How%20to%20install%20Windows%20in%20VirtualBox

        ... for example.

        It's really pretty easy, but be aware that if your laptop has less than
        1 GB RAM, preferably 2, it might not be ideal to run a virtual machine on
        top.

        Cheers,
        Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Regnauld [mailto:regnauld at nsrc.org]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:23 PM
> To: robert nkeramugaba
> Cc: Yasini Kilima; afnog at afnog.org
> Subject: Re: [afnog] ISSUES with UBUNTU
>
> robert nkeramugaba (robertnkera) writes:
> > Hello Yasini!
> >
> > There are various options you can have here:
> >
> > -Option 1: Run a publisher like Microsoft Publisher which is called
> > Scribus. checkout http://www.scribus.net
> > -Option 2: Install Wine(app that run windows software on Linux distros) and
> > run Microsoft Publisher.(this link can help ;
> > http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-804/
>
>         Option3: run VirtualBox or KVM and Windows inside it.
>
>         Cheers,
>         Phil
>
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