04-19-2007
XP as a program on Unix/Linux system?
I am sure this question has been asked and answered before, also, if it is the wrong catergory, please let me know.
I would like to know how, if possible to run Unix/Linux as my operating system, and then load XP as a program? (I am open to other operating systems, but it has to be able to support XP as well.) I was thinking maybe as a separate window in the desktop, I do not want to switch between them, as a dual boot, I want Unix/Linux to be the only startup, then the XP can be closed by simply closing the window, and *poof* no more microsoft! (I used to have a program that allowed me to use this method many years ago, and it worked fine, but many of my current programs will not run with the old version of windows.. uggh.)
I absolutely dislike windows, growing worse with every minute, however I have several programs that I have to use, (and want to keep) and they as stupid as they are, will only operate in the XP background. I have an extremely fast gaming computer, with plenty of system resources, and capability, that lately with all the windows stuff, isnt so fast.
I am open to options and suggestions...
help please?
Thanks
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perl::ostype
Perl::OSType(3perl) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Perl::OSType(3perl)
NAME
Perl::OSType - Map Perl operating system names to generic types
VERSION
version 1.002
SYNOPSIS
use Perl::OSType ':all';
$current_type = os_type();
$other_type = os_type('dragonfly'); # gives 'Unix'
DESCRIPTION
Modules that provide OS-specific behaviors often need to know if the current operating system matches a more generic type of operating
systems. For example, 'linux' is a type of 'Unix' operating system and so is 'freebsd'.
This module provides a mapping between an operating system name as given by $^O and a more generic type. The initial version is based on
the OS type mappings provided in Module::Build and ExtUtils::CBuilder. (Thus, Microsoft operating systems are given the type 'Windows'
rather than 'Win32'.)
USAGE
No functions are exported by default. The export tag ":all" will export all functions listed below.
os_type()
$os_type = os_type();
$os_type = os_type('MSWin32');
Returns a single, generic OS type for a given operating system name. With no arguments, returns the OS type for the current value of $^O.
If the operating system is not recognized, the function will return the empty string.
is_os_type()
$is_windows = is_os_type('Windows');
$is_unix = is_os_type('Unix', 'dragonfly');
Given an OS type and OS name, returns true or false if the OS name is of the given type. As with "os_type", it will use the current
operating system as a default if no OS name is provided.
SEE ALSO
o Devel::CheckOS
AUTHOR
David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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