[wellylug] Other Options for Win

Ben Hawkes ben.hawkes at paradise.net.nz
Wed Jan 28 20:25:49 NZDT 2004


Hey,

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:21:59AM +1300, Klenner, Colin wrote:
> Has anyone heard about or have experience with either of the following:
> 
> coLinux - http://www.colinux.org/ - "Cooperative Linux is the first working
> free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows
> natively. More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port
> of the Linux kernel <http://www.kernel.org>  that allows it to run
> cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine."
> 
> ReactOS - http://www.reactos.com/ - "ReactOS is an Open Source effort to
> develop a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT
> applications and drivers. "
> 
> Just curious...
> 
> ~~~
> Colin Klenner
> 

Cooperative Linux seems to be a fairly recent project. The 0.5.1 release
was announced a few days ago and had slashdot coverage here:

<http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/25/2124237&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=185&tid=190&tid=201>

Also have a look at umlwin32 which is based on the slightly more
established user-mode-linux:

<http://umlwin32.sourceforge.net/>

As for actual experience, I can't help out there. It seems like a
reasonable starting point for people who just want to have a 'tinker'
without going the whole nine yards - I personally used a couple of
floppy based distros similar in concept to knoppix when I was at this 
stage, but I can see the merit in these projects. I'm not sure where
more advanced users could benefit from this sort of set up.. maybe a toy
for all those people working at windows-only shops?

-- 
Ben Hawkes
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