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Run Linux apps in Windows with andLinux
by Brad Linder Feb 21st 2008 at 4:00PM
In other words, once andLinux is installed, you can launch native Linux applications almost as easily as any Windows program.
AndLinux comes in two varieties the moment. Both are based on Ubuntu, but one installs a full KDE system with all the programs that normally come with Kubuntu. The other version basically installs Xubuntu, which uses the light-weight XFCE desktop environment and packs fewer bells and whistles.
Since andLinux installs a full operating system, you'll need to make sure you've got quite a bit of free space on your hard drive. The KDE version eats up more than 4GB of space while the XFCE version takes about 2GB. If all you want to do is run a single Linux application like Amarok, Ardour, or Cinelerra, you might be better off checking out KDE for Windows and waiting for the developers ro port your favorite applications. But if you want to be able to run any Linux application you like without rebooting, andLinux is worth checking out. Keep in mind, this is beta software, so you might run into issues like applications failing to start
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Christian said 4:52PM on 2-21-2008
Is this vistax64 safe? I've been wanting to get into Linux also...
Oh well I did recently installed Ubuntu on my desktop as another OS built in so I could just swap when I need to.
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joem said 6:19PM on 2-21-2008
The very first sentence on the andLinux website says "...Vista [32-bit only]" so I'm guessing the answer is no.
carl said 6:20PM on 2-21-2008
Sweet, can't wait to try WINE.
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Rumble said 11:16PM on 2-21-2008
Windows + Wine = SuPeR CoMpAtIbLe
JYC said 11:20PM on 2-21-2008
Especially with Vista =D!
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James said 11:42AM on 2-22-2008
Am curious: what does this accomplish that Cygwin doesn't?
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Brad Linder said 11:43AM on 2-22-2008
You don't have to rebuild applications from their source with andLinux. You can just fire up the Synaptic Package Manager and download and install any application that works with Ubuntu.
C.M. said 8:24AM on 3-12-2008
Hi.
I'm looking for andMac hehe...
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DarkRadience said 9:03PM on 4-01-2008
iv been thinking could i run compuz fusion / beryl under andLinux?
it would be a great um thing hehe im just asking
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