Using Windows Application on Linux Ubuntu

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You use Ubuntu Linux but you still need to use Windows programs? With VMware Player, you can create a virtual machine under Ubuntu, where you'll be able to install Windows. You can then run Windows in a window and run Ubuntu Windows software you need.

All these features are to work effectively, you can easily copy files from Windows to Ubuntu and vice versa, your Internet connection is active in Windows, your DVD drive, printer and sound card will be functional as well as your USB drive.

Finally, thanks to the Unity tool you can quickly launch Windows programs in Ubuntu individual windows. What a little blur the boundaries between the two systems.

Note that your Windows running in a virtual machine, performance will necessarily be lower than if it were a physical machine. However, for office work and multimedia, it is enough. Only games will be avoided.

Install VMware Player:

Installing VMware Player does not pose any particular problem, except that its implementation must be done via the Terminal.

• Click the Applications menu, point to Accessories then Terminal.
  
• Open the Downloads folder using the cd command downloads and press the Enter key.
  

  cd downloads

• Then enter the command chmod + x. / WM and press the TAB key to autocomplete the name of the file downloaded. Confirm with Enter.
  

  chmod + x ./WMware-Player-3.1.2-301548.i386.bundle

• Then enter the command gksudo bash. / WM and press the TAB key to autocomplete the name of the downloaded file. Confirm with Enter.
  

  gksudo bash ./WMware-Player-3.1.2-301548.i386.bundle

• Enter your password and click OK.
  
  
• The installation wizard for VMware Player opens. Select No to not be notified of updates and click Next.
  
  
• Click No to not send anonymous data on your system to VMware and click Next.
  
  
• Then click Install.
  
  
• Once the files are copied, click Close. You can close the Terminal window.

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Create a virtual machine and install Windows:

After defining the parameters within which the virtual machine will run Windows, you can install it. With easy installation, VMware Player automatically fills in your information during the installation can take place entirely alone.

• Launch VMware Player by clicking the Applications menu, then click on System Tools VMware Player.
  
• Click Install and enter your password.
  
• Click I Accept.
  
• The interface of VMware Player is then executed. Click on Create a New Virtual Machine.
  
• Now choose where the Windows install: on a CD (install disc) or from a disk image file (install disc image file (ISO)). Click Next.
  
• Enter your serial number and Windows version of Windows you want to install.
  
• Then enter your user name and password you want. Confirm it and check the Automatically Log on to login automatically with Windows. Click Next.
  
• Then select the name of the virtual machine and where the store (in the form of a single file). Click Next.
  
• Choose the maximum disk space reserved to the virtual machine, 40 GB for example. Select Store virtual disk as a single file and click Next.
  
• Then click the Customize button Hardware.
  
• You can configure the hardware in your virtual machine: the amount of memory allocated to Windows, your network settings, printers, etc.. Click Save.
  
• Then click Finish.
  
• The virtual machine is then run in a window under Ubuntu and Windows Setup starts.
  
• Once installation is complete, Windows is running Ubuntu in a window.
  
• Shut down Windows by clicking the Start menu and then click Stop.

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Install VMware Tools:

After installing Windows, you must install VMware Tools in the latter to improve coexistence Windows / Linux. So you can make copy / paste between Ubutu and the virtual machine in Windows, drag files between 2 systems, quickly launch Windows applications from Ubuntu .

• Start your virtual machine by clicking on it in VMware Player and clicking on Run Virtual Machine.
  
• The software informs you that VMware Tools is available for download. Click on Download and Install.
  
• The tools are then downloaded. Enter your password when prompted Linux.
  
• Once in Windows, the drivers for your hardware are installed. Click the Virtual Machine menu and then click Install VMware Tools.
  
• Click the Install button.
  
• An autorun window opens. Click Run setup.exe.
  
• The installation wizard opens VMware Tools. Follow the steps to install the program.
  
• Click Finish.
  
• Click Yes to restart Windows and the virtual machine.

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Use the virtual machine under Windows:

You'll now be able to use your Windows normally, install the software Widnows of your choice, etc..

• Start your virtual machine by clicking on it in VMware Player and clicking on Play Virtual Machine.
  
• Click in the window to capture the mouse pointer and use it in your virtual machine.
  
• For the mouse back on Ubuntu, simultaneously press the Ctrl and Alt.
  
• Ubuntu Internet connection is automatically detected and exploited by Windows.
  
• Your CD player, printer and sound card are too.
  
• To use a USB drive, connect it to your PC running Ubuntu. Click on the USB key icon in the lower right corner of VMware Player and click Connect. Click OK.
  
• The USB stick is no longer accessible under Ubuntu, but is accessible from the Windows virtual machine. You can copy files to it.
  
• You disconnect the Windows key and the return on Ubuntu, click again on the USB icon and then click Disconnect.
  
• To quickly copy files between Ubuntu desktop and the Windows, simply drag and drag on the Windows.
  
• Release the mouse button: the files are copied and available on the Windows desktop.
  
• Note that copy / paste are also active, whether for files, but also for text. You can copy a Windows file by clicking the right mouse button and choosing the Copy command. Click the right mouse button in a folder on Ubuntu and click Paste to paste the Windows file.
  
• To close the virtual machine, shut down Windows normally by clicking the Start button and then click Stop.
  
• If you close the window of the virtual machine before shutting down Windows, it is automatically paused. You can pick up where you left off by opening up new virtual machine.

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Launch Windows Application in Ubuntu:

Unity with the tool, you can create a shortcut to your Windows software directly into Ubuntu to run more quickly and easily. Windows software then appear in a dedicated window.

• In your Windows virtual machine that you previously started, click on Virtual Machine and Unity.
  
• The Windows disappears and a new menu appeared in the Ubuntu menu.
  
• Click this menu to access the Start menu and Windows programs. Click a shortcut to run Windows software in Ubuntu window.
  
• Your Windows software are run in windows Ubuntu.
  
• To find the virtual machine, click the VMware Player window and then click Exit Unity.