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Hi,

It's already a long time ago that I was here on this forum.
As I am entended to work further on my scenery of the airport of EBOS (Belgium), I tried to start WIndows XP from the menue of Ubuntu... but no luck. Windows does only starts in safe modus. I have 3 hard discs: one for Ubuntu, two others for WIndows XP 2004 and WIndows XP FSX.
Something must be corrupt... Ubuntu or the two other Windows installations.
Is there anybody who can help me ?

I could perhaps install WIndows XP next with Ubuntu in a so called Virtual Box. Is that a good solution and will GMAX work correctly ? Or can I install only GMAX and related software in Ubuntu ?

Greetz. José.

To all a happy Newyear 2016 !
 
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If you can start Windows (in whatever mode) from your boot loader, it's most likely a problem with your Windows installation, not Linux.
I'd suggest a reinstallation of Windows, but be aware that it'll wipe out Ubuntu's bootloader (GRUB2?) in return, which will have to be reinstalled.

You might want to browse the Ubuntu wiki or search (or use) their support forums before you do that though.
 
I would say that is a sign that it is time to upgrade to Windows 10 or at least to 7.
 
People primarily using a Linux flavor might not be inclined to keep up with the Windows version rat race.
 
Heretic said:
People primarily using a Linux flavor might not be inclined to keep up with the Windows version rat race.
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I tried Linux briefly in its infancy and have never looked back. Apparently it has it's own breed of rats.
 
I think a virtual box is not such a good idea for applications like gmax that rely on graphics drivers. 3D graphics support is often not so good in the virtual box.
 
Agree with Arno, Graphics support (and audio support) in virtualized environments is not great ... you'd be much better off doing a dual boot.

Keeping up with "good" Linux versions is also very time consuming, much more so than any Windows or OSX platform. Some people seem to get some sense of "freedom" with Linux, not really sure why because intrusive data collection is done mostly with metadata in emails which then might trigger network packet collection.

The only people that seem to like virtualized environments are IT people, primarily because it makes their life easier and not so much caring about application performance/compatibility. We have several virtualized environments at my company as well as non-virtualized ... given equal hardware the virtualized environments run about 10-20% slower (or worse if not configured well) than non-virtualized ... this is primarily due to the virtualized layer and "generic" driver support.

If you need both environments, I'd highly recommend dual boot ... my Mac Pro can boot to Linux, OSX, and Windows 7, Windows 10. Unfortunately Mac Pro is pretty slow relative to my other custom built computer builds I have, but MacPro under OSX is about as close to problem free as a computer can get.

Cheers, Rob.
 
Paul Domingue said:
I tried Linux briefly in its infancy and have never looked back. Apparently it has it's own breed of rats.
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My mother is using Ubuntu now and she's as computer illiterate as it gets. Linux has come a long way since the early 2000s, in no small part due to Ubuntu (and its generous financial backing) which is so comfortable to use that it's almost boring. :D


robains said:
Keeping up with "good" Linux versions is also very time consuming, much more so than any Windows or OSX platform. Some people seem to get some sense of "freedom" with Linux, not really sure why because intrusive data collection is done mostly with metadata in emails which then might trigger network packet collection.
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My Arch Linux installations were built to my needs without bloat and only require a fraction of Windows' disk space - including third party programs like LibreOffice, Firefox, etc...
The only time consuming thing about Linux is getting it to run like you want it to. Other than that, it's a quick check for official announcements about major changes and telling the package manager to upgrade your installation whenever you feel like it.
 
I'll pay a healthy couple hundred to anyone who manages to convince Fedora to run proper drivers for my video card(s). Need to run XPL, iRacing and at least one Steam game.

That's all I say to anyone who tries to persuade me to switch to Linux on desktop. I've already lost too much time on that, and it's not like I don't know my way around the system (after all it paid my wages for a couple years, Red Hat Certified etc. etc.)

Anyways I second the notion to switch to 10 or 7 from XP, its almost 15 years old for crying out loud.
 
pfabian said:
I'll pay a healthy couple hundred to anyone who manages to convince Fedora to run proper drivers for my video card(s). Need to run XPL, iRacing and at least one Steam game.
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Lemme guess: AMD/ATI?

I'll say it each and every time: AMD's driver support for Linux blows. It's understandable that old driver architectures are abandoned to focus on the current ones, but not even ensuring continued compatibility with newer XServer versions is downright foolish. And the open source replacement drivers are simply not up to the job (yet).
NVidia on the other hand at least ensures that the abandoned 340 series branch stays compatible with XServer.
 
Hi,
Have installed Windows 10 on my PC... and have lost a lot of GMax files. Also a new keyboard. Hard learning to set up al the settings correctly, arg !
Greetz.

Problems seems to be a question of a good connection of the different cables.
 
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