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Re: WinLinux
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 08:45:51 +0200, Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il> wrote:
>A third "simultaneous Linux and Windows by virtualing x86-machines"
>package, WinLinux from JRCP, joins the earlier published packages
>Win4Lin (from TreLos, a following project of the Merge, which was the
>first one to provide virtual x86-machines, years before VMware), and
>VMware (from...VMware). The software will be released commercially at
>November.
Are you sure?
>From what I understand, this is nothing more than a VFAT based Linux
distribution that can coexist with your Windows installation, and that is
installed within windows, taking dadvantage of the fact that all your
pripherals have already been recognized by Windows.
Here is a quote from a SlashDot discussion:
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Used it.... discovered it yesterday. (Score:5, Informative)
by Seth Cohn (Seth Cohn at Yahoo dot Com) on Wednesday September 22, @07:54AM
EDT (#18)
(User Info)
I downloaded it yesterday, and it works well for what it does.
Unpacks into a UMSDOS directory, c:\linux
Autodetects all of your hardware based on your _windows_ settings. Really
nice. I'd like to see more of this in the other distros. Save it to a floppy,
and that would solve a lot of questions newbies have (like irq,i/o etc)
If it's wrong (such as missing my video card), you can override the setting.
It did really well, finding my printer (hp laserjet), joystick but not sound
card (no sound setting?), mouse, modem, timezone.
It asks for a user and password, and even gives you the option to make root
the same password.
Gives you a menu option (aka icon) to reboot system into Linux.
I've tried a few of these UMSDOS ones. Armed Linux didn't work with this
system, but WinLinux2000 did work. I ended up with a nice (if slow due to
UMSDOS) Linux system. Won't replace any of my real linux boxen, but for
newbies wanting to try Linux, this is a new option.
Another option is DemoLinux, an entirely CD based Linux. I've had good luck
with that one too.
http://www.demolinux.org
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- From: Eli Marmor <marmor@elmar.co.il>