Portable Ubuntu

[Jan Claeys]

Op zondag 05-04-2009 om 15:04 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Matt
Zimmerman:
> 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.

There are several Ubuntu-based colinux distros, including one commercial
(Ulteo, by one of the founders of Mandrake):
<http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/Installation_out_of_the_box>

<http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/Linux_Distributions> might be useful too.


-- 
Jan Claeys