Cool, i'm running Linux inside windows

[TRDCorolla1]

I think you can also run Ubuntu in Windows using these downloads from the link below. Select the Live one. I'm going to use the 64-bit PC (AMD64) live CD image:

http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/5.10/

I'm going to try it out.

 

[^Mike^]

i think it will be safe then, because you will be booting to windows, and when you surf the net, the packets would not be going thru windows protocols, so yeah i think it will be safer.

TCW2, how do i get unbuntu to run, did not see a distro that had embedded in it...

It is fine to boot linux and still have windows on the hard drive. Live cd's just use ram to store the OS while u run it off the cd. They are very safe.
Instructions to run different distros of linux are discribed here http://crmaykish.cr.funpic.org/articles/running-your-favorite-linux-distro-inside-windows-qemu.php
You have to download qemu itself then copy the iso image of the live cd of Ubuntu described in the link.

 

[MikeReiner]

nice work. I personally prefer VMware for doing this kind of stuff.

 

[cma]

just reminder you that you have pm from me...

 

[The Amish Kid]

Whats the point in running linux inside of windows?

 

[Brian_Fenner]

Isn't that kind of like putting a Porsche engine inside a Yugo body?