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- iamyak, on 02/19/2008, -8/+368That's weird... I just made a comment earlier today about how windows sucks because it can't run linux.
Society sucks because hot women aren't allowed to walk around naked. *crosses fingers* - Wabem, on 02/19/2008, -4/+313Won't this create some kind of rift in the space time continuum or something?
- Scrappy1850, on 02/19/2008, -0/+174only if you run WINE too
- spammishking, on 02/19/2008, -1/+137So can you run Windows inside Linux inside Windows.....
- mrloco, on 02/19/2008, -2/+103...At the end there will be cake
- shavenlunatic, on 02/19/2008, -0/+79run andLinux in windows to run the windows version of VMWare under WINE to emulate Ubuntu so you can run virtualbox and install XP
why not test your DualCore processor to the max and see what your ram looks like full to the brim? - sotopheavy, on 02/19/2008, -4/+81Their server was asking for it with what it was wearing!
- sonstone, on 02/19/2008, -1/+61How does this compare to cygwin? What's the startup time and memory consumption like?
- Rotzooi, on 02/19/2008, -12/+66Don't slam this because in your view Linux-under-Windows is the wrong way around, Linux fanboys. This is a great way for Windows users to get safely acquainted with Linux.
- orijimi, on 02/19/2008, -6/+53Amarok on Windows. My God, it's finally come!
- legoalert33, on 02/19/2008, -2/+47It has a built in flux capacitor.
- shavenlunatic, on 02/19/2008, -0/+45well while you're at it, install VNC and connect to your original machine from your last virtual machine... I believe the world will implode and the universe un-made
- Pr0v0st, on 02/19/2008, -3/+47It would look kind of strange, with compiz running on your linux apps and not your windows apps.
- jerrycan, on 02/19/2008, -8/+46Won't this create some kind of rift in the space time continuum or something?
- MadRat779, on 02/19/2008, -9/+46anyone know if can this run compiz fusion?
- fakeollie, on 02/19/2008, -0/+36only if you run WINE too
- atomicwedgie, on 02/19/2008, -7/+40Ahhh yes... the old "Let's make it easy to run a secure, stable, software depleted OS inside an insecure, flaky but software laden OS" trick.
- ours, on 02/19/2008, -1/+33@iamyak: move to Barcelona. Law allows anyone to go naked in public as long as they are wearing shoes (I'm not kidding).
- flangepiece, on 02/19/2008, -1/+33more importantly, will it run wine?
- jrak, on 02/19/2008, -1/+31+1 for humor :)
- zekica, on 02/19/2008, -0/+28I don't think it is possible to run Compiz fusion, since it uses Xming X server for Windows which doesn't support compisiting. However, one should be able to start an XGL server inside Xming and use it's compositing features.
Since Xming supports OpenGL acceleration, it should work very well, but only inside a window. - crackah, on 02/19/2008, -9/+37Seems a little WTF to me!?
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -0/+26that was far too much work for a joke that wasn't that funny
- rmxz, on 02/19/2008, -2/+28Slammed because this is a great way for Windows users to get a bad impression with Linux. These solutions of running 2 OS's at once invariably have corner cases where they conflict in some way (even, say, I/O bandwidth or graphics memory when using things like vmware); and leave people with a bad impression of the OS they're less familiar with since that's where they'll place the blame. Solutions like this is how rumors that Linux is slow and/or unstable spread.
- ours, on 02/19/2008, -0/+25Native Windows version is out soon anyways.
- Pr0v0st, on 02/19/2008, -6/+31Anyone have a download mirror? I hate to rape their server too badly.
- Llanowar, on 02/19/2008, -1/+25This is why I love Digg.
- smacksaw, on 02/19/2008, -19/+42I have all of these nice, dual-core systems in my house that are hamstrung by Windows. I have set them all free with Ubuntu and Kubuntu. I run Windows apps in Wine or VMWare and it's about as good as the native Windows install.
But you're telling me that I can now run Linux in Windows, which is slower than my Linux alone? And I can have less RAM and use more of it? And then I can use my Linux apps from Windows, but without any of the speed benefit of Linux due to Windows' overhead?
I think I'll just boot into Windows when I want to play some games and stay in Linux the rest of the time. - SysStream, on 02/19/2008, -3/+25It has a built in flux capacitor.
- usingpond, on 02/19/2008, -4/+25Well this is just the complete opposite of a useful solution.
- madlobster, on 02/19/2008, -1/+22Wine works. I'm currently running DosBox with Wine running in linux running on XP.
- takuansoho, on 02/19/2008, -2/+23Won't this create some kind of rift in the space time continuum or something?
- inactive, on 02/19/2008, -1/+21And problems with English.
- betrayed, on 02/19/2008, -0/+20It's all about choice. There are some people who aren't allowed to run the full Linux desktop at work. This gives them access to their preferred applications.
- frosted, on 02/19/2008, -4/+22The cake is a lie.
- thebrawl, on 02/19/2008, -3/+20Step 1. Run Linux inside Windows
Step 2. Punch yourself - carnagejoe, on 02/19/2008, -0/+17It has a built in flux capacitor.
- TnTBass, on 02/19/2008, -1/+18only if you run WINE too
- betrayed, on 02/19/2008, -1/+18Hey, that's very dangerous thinking.
Get back to dividing by zero, pronto. - aldenhg, on 02/19/2008, -0/+16You should be running Cygwin under Wine for the full effect
- TnTBass, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17Personally, I'm excited about finally being able to run all my favorite Linux games in Windows.
Oh... wait... - inactive, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17Not sure I'd want to see that
- GMorgan, on 02/19/2008, -0/+16The question is if the X Server they run can handle AIGLX. It is, apparently, based upon X.org.
- Bornhuetter, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17Won't this create some kind of rift in the space time continuum or something?
- kenij, on 02/19/2008, -3/+19Awesome! I've been wishing I could run Kate in Windows (have to use it for school, unfortunately). Not to mention all the other apps.
*waits for the download to hurry up and finish* - sirhomer, on 02/19/2008, -0/+16Cygwin is more a Linux compatibility layer, it's core is basically a DLL that accepts Linux/POSIX syscalls from applications. This uses a fullblown Linux kernel. So I think this would probably take more memory in exchange for better compatibility. But's it's probably a little less integrated (the website mentions no printing support).
- rmxz, on 02/19/2008, -1/+17+1 Doing it this way seems to give you all the security and stability of Windows combined with the user-friendlyness of Linux apps.
Find a significantly better way of running Windows inside Linux (and there already are many ranging from wine/cedega/qemu/busybox/xen/kvm/etc), and I'll be more impressed. - sERIALeATER, on 02/19/2008, -0/+15Do it while recording a screencast, then upload to youtube and voila! Instant internet-fame.
- EEdesigner, on 02/19/2008, -3/+18Isn't that sort of like towing a Ferarri with a Pinto?
- sERIALeATER, on 02/19/2008, -1/+16run andLinux in windows to run the windows version of VMWare under WINE to emulate Ubuntu so you can run virtualbox and install XP
why not test your DualCore processor to the max and see what your ram looks like full to the brim? -
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