VMWare Player is a freely downloadable VMWare. Download VMWare player software and install it on your windows OS download an image of the Ubuntu Linux Desktop version called Ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download that in iso image format. Then download VMWare configuration bundle that contains a list of files, extract those file to some folder like C:\OS\. Then edit the file" os.vmx file and give the path of the .iso image in that file in the line like below. ide1:0.fileName = C:\OS\ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso" Now open the file os.vmx file using the vmware player, that will open the Ubuntu OS. You will get a list of options in that select the option install Ubuntu without changing your current configuration of the system Now that will start the Ubuntu OS in a window inside your windows OS. Now you have a browser and all the applications inside the Ubuntu OS, you can start working on that. Double click on this window/expand it to show in full screen. To switch
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