Re: WinLinux 2000

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Alan DeJong wrote:
> 
> Hello.  The other day i was searching the web at school, and i came
> across a program called WinLinux 2000...  Basically for people who dont
> know, Winlinux is a "linux OS" that runs on top of your Windows
> System.   I was wondering if anyone has head of this, or tried it?  I
> was thinking about downloading it, but it is a hefty 130 megs.  And its
> just one of those files that just wont download.  Nothing but problems
> from every download site.   I was just wondering if anyone had tried it,
> and if they could say if it was worth it or not.
> For everyone interested, it is available at:  http://www.winlinux.net
> 
> Thanks,
> -Alan

There is another product out there called VMWare (http://www.vmware.com)
that will do what you are talking about with a full version of Linux. 
It creates a "Virtual Machine" on the same partition you are running,
and lets you run a second operating system while still booted into the
first.  It is only available for WinNT, Win2k and Linux, but I would
assume a version for Win95/98 should be somewhere around the corner.

BTW this software isn't free, but they do offer a free 30 day license to
try everything out.
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