As a person who uses Linux regularly, often I am asked about my opinions about other operating systems, especially those coming from large companies located in Redmond, Washington. Here's the deal.

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is a professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

Let's say you have an application that only runs well on Windows XP, doesn't have a Linux equivalent, and doesn't run worth a darn with CrossOver Linux on Linux Mint. Is there anything you can do to ...