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Since having issues installing Ubuntu side-by-side with Windows 8, I thought I'd try running Ubuntu in a VM instead. However, VMWare player has no love for Windows 8 yet (invalid VM86 or something similar), and AFAIK the promised hypervisor options are not currently available for playing with.

So: Are there any VM hosts that do work in Windows 8 Developer Preview at this point? (specifically for running Ubuntu)

Alternatively, does Wubi work on Windows 8? It seems not; from Wubi:

An error occurred:

'WindowsBackend' object has no attribute 'iso_path'

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As per todda.speot.is's comments, VirtualBox seems to be my best option here. In many cases, enabling Hyper-V on the dev-8 might be even more direct, but in my case my CPU does not support that. I now have a working Ubuntu install as a VM.

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I saw a tutorial here, it's a little hard to follow and the author seems to take for granted what we do and do not know, but in spite of that I think this will answer your questions:

How to Install Ubuntu

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Hyper-V is available in the Windows 8 developer preview. You have open "Programs and Features" (Go to search, then "Settings", then write "Programs and features"). Once there, click on "Turn windows features on or off" and check Hyper-V. I have not tested Ubuntu with Hyper-V, so I don't know if it is a "supported scenario".

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