Portable Ubuntu

[Martin Olsson]

A pretty disruptive idea for sure, might be very useful for marketing Ubuntu and shaking things up a bit.
Currently it has at least one gigantic regression though, he forgot to publish the source code for his derived work.


		Martin

Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> I came across this review on lifehacker:
> 
> http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/c7LVd0Z433k/portable-ubuntu-runs-ubuntu-inside-windows
> 
> and then read http://portableubuntu.sourceforge.net says:
> 
> "Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a Ubuntu system running as a Windows
> application.
> 
> This system is built with the Colinux Kernel, Xming X server and Pulseaudio
> server for Windows."
> 
> I haven't tried it, but it sounds like a pretty smooth experience for
> Windows users, with an application-like installation and no rebooting.  It
> seems similar to a VM experience, but instead of standalone virtualization
> software, it uses cooperative drivers for the host.
> 
> Is anyone interested in a closer look?  It seems like a lot of moving parts
> and may not be suitable for integration, but seems a very interesting
> experiment.
>