Running Linux In Windows - Comments

Who says you can't save anything when running a "live" distribution? Plug in a USB key or drive and save to it.
Or you can mount a partition on your hard drive and save to it.
I've seen at least one live distro that let you save configuration files to the hard drive, for the next time you boot the live CD.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Quite right, I've updated that section of the article, thanks.

You forgot Puppy. No install, just use as a live CD. It will use use your main drive to store a swap file, a saved file, etc. Runs faster than Windows because it's al in ram. Download the iso, burn it and your ready to go.

EDITOR'S NOTE: All of the live CD's are the same in that respect... there's no need to install. Just pop in the CD and you're running Linux. I heard that the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project were using Puppy Linux.

Dear Bob, I have installed Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 on my computer running WXP home, using the dual boot method.
Unfortunately I cannot use broadband to access or upgrade Ubuntu online. I use the ADSL Voyager 105 wired modem.
I would appreciate your advice on how to configure the modem to accept Ubuntu operating system.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Does your ADSL modem have a standard ethernet (network) cable from the modem to the computer? If so, Ubuntu should connect to the Internet with no trouble. Or is it a dialup modem that requires a Linux driver? If so, search online for the driver.

Bob,

VMWare is a terrific way to run Linux on a windows
PC, but there's absolutely no reason to shell out $189 for Workstation. VMWare Server is free and it will both create virtual modules, from either a CD or an .ISO file, and run them flawlessly...Dave

I use a dual boot system with Windows Vista and Mandriva 2008 Linux. My preferred OS is Mandriva, with it's 3D desktop. VERY cool!!

vmWare server and vmWare player are free. Although one might expect a "server" product to be more expensive than the desktop, with vmWare this is not true. vmWare server is an "entry-level" virtual machine. vmWare player can use any virtual machine already pre-built, of which there are many downloadable (vmWare calls them appliances). The point being that you don't have to spend any money to take a virtualized Linux for a spin.

MS Virtual PC 2007 is also free and there are others...

Jim

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

vmWare Server: http://vmware.com/products/server/
vmWare Player: http://vmware.com/products/player/
vmWare appliances: http://vmware.com/appliances/

With reference to puppy, no, all live CD's are not the same. Most live CD's will run off the CD itself so performance takes a hit. Puppy is so compact it loads completely in RAM, which means the OS runs at optimum performance, and once it's loaded you can take out the CD to use the tray for other things. If you burn puppy to a DVD RW you can also save your session direct to the DVD,(providing you've still got it in the tray;) )

Hey everybody, one way to use linux inside of windows is vmware player. Its just like VMware but you don't have to install the linux operating system. You just download what vmware.com calls a virtual appliance which is basically a virtual machine, or operating system set up already to run in vmware player. There are actually a lot of these virtual appliances available to download directly from www.vmware.com Once you download vmware player and a virtual appliance of your choice, just open up vmware player and it will prompt you to locate your vmware appliance on your hd. Do that and click enter or ok and you're up and running.

Easiest way is this, http://wubi-installer.org/
Best way is to Remove Windows altogether and just install your favorite Linux Flavor instead. Wubi is nice though It creates a folder in Windows and installs Ubuntu into the folder, if you wish to remove Ubuntu later just uninstall it like you would any other program.

SWSOFT also has Parallels Desktop which runs on OS-X on Intel Macs. Within its virtual machines, you can install any OS that will run on a typical Intel-based PC, including Linux. I have Win2k Pro on my MacBook. With "Coherence" mode, all the applications appear on the Mac desktop regardless of the OS that is hosting them. Of course, OS-X is, at its kernal, UNIX anyway, so there may be little point running Linux on one. Many Linux applications will run just fine under OS-X.