in reply to [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl.

I use VirtualBox for that, and hardly notice any difference with a bare-metal installation of Windows.

Something I really like is mounting my Linux home directory as a drive in Windows (i.e. Y:), and then being able to develop on one OS and run the software in both without having to move things back and forward between then.

Another handy thing is running Windows full screen in a Virtual desktop and being able to switch between Linux and Windows with just a couple of key presses.

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Re^2: [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl.
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 18, 2016 at 12:53 UTC
    Another handy thing is running Windows full screen in a Virtual desktop and being able to switch between Linux and Windows with just a couple of key presses.

    That sounds perfect; and I'm reasonably familiar with virtualbox.

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Re^2: [OT] Windows VMs under Linux for running Perl.
by Discipulus (Canon) on Dec 18, 2016 at 11:55 UTC
    me too i'm trying something with virtualbox: are you aware of the possibility to automate things like fullscreen resolution?

    I mean from the virtualbox side.

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      VirtualBox startvm command accepts a --fullscreen flag. But that's something I don't use myself.
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