VMware has announced the final release of the PC virtualizer of the same name. VMware provides a convenient way to run an entire operating system (such as Windows or BSD) inside a window on your Linux desktop.
“Workstation 3.0 features full support for Microsoft® Windows® XP host and guest OSes, as well
as support for other recent OS releases. Workstation 3.0 also
significantly improves interactive performance. New devices
supported include USB devices, SCSI generic devices (no drivers
needed in the host OS), and ISO CD-ROM images.”