Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation.
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amazingkip
17 years 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago
Use VirtualBox
I use VirtualBox to run Windows on Linux, and I do it without paying money by using the OSE (open source edition) of the software.
Amazing Kip
- Open Source Keeps Me Happy
motters
17 years 3 weeks 6 days 43 min ago
Closed source and malware go hand in hand
I don't use Windows on Linux at all. To my way of thinking there's no point.
I'm assuming here that "commercial software" means non-free or closed source. Users should be aware that such software could contain malicious payloads such as spyware, antifeatures or other types of malware common on the Windows platform.