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I recently bought magic jack but they provided software only for windows. Is there a magic jack software available for linux? Or anybody got any luck running the windows version of the magicjack software in ubuntu?

Well folks.. it is exactly as described.. Followed Ubuntu's installer.. Did it all good..Ubuntu runs great..BUT CHECKING WINDOWS>>>  I get a screen what Checkdisk is missing.. and then it FAILS.. Blue Screen ever time.. Anyone run into this?  HELP PLEASE!!!!

I have a few shared folders in my windows vista machine and i want to access them from ubuntu. I tried few mount commands and couldn't figure it out. please help, how to mount my windows shared folders?

I am learning ubuntu linux as a newbie and my background is windows. Please point me in the right direction with a good book resource with Title and Author, thanks.

I have a couple of machines and run windows and ubuntu respectively but have only one mouse keyboard. It is a kind of pain switching back and forth the mouse and keyboard between machines. Is there a software solution for sharing?

My machine has windows vista with service pack 2 on it. I dont want to format or get rid of vista atleast for now. How to install ubuntu without disturbing my windows or in other words use both?

My friend says it is possible to run a windows application on ubuntu, but he doesn't know the details. Your help is appreciated.