mantonr Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 does anybody know of a good linux emulator so that i can run linux in a separate window on my windows machine? thanks rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC10281982B Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 I don't think it exists. What is it for? I can't think of a need for somthing like this off the top of my head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted November 4, 2005 Posted November 4, 2005 Err... virtual pc? (i've never actually used it ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akujin Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Try cygwin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LobbDogg Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 I've never been able to get Virtual PC to get Linux to run properly. However I've used VMware to run Linux in a windows environment. Worked quite well too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethedodobird Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Yeah cgwin is about as close to a emulator as you will get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold_snipe Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 cgwin for an emulator, and vmware or virtual pc for a hmm.. what are those called again? Computer-in-a-window. And just install linux! why wouldnt u? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nan0click Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 VMware is good, i have it installed now, it can run many different types of OS's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propane Posted November 5, 2005 Posted November 5, 2005 Try cygwin 572047[/snapback] agreed, cygwin is a very nice shell and you can do a lot with it... I believe you can even run an X session on it and I know Ive gotten naim to run on it too, though it took some playing around with... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_Webmaster Posted November 15, 2005 Posted November 15, 2005 I've never tried cygwin, but I've had excelent success with VMWare. As long as you have plenty of RAM (say 768 or more) you can easilly run Linux inside windows... but I'd say you'd be better off running windows inside Linux though. Windows has a lot of stability issues that linux doesn't have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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