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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Linux, Freeware

Run Linux LiveCDs in Windows with MobaLiveCD

MobaLiveCD
Want to try out a Linux distro but don't feel like switching from Windows, rebooting your computer, or installing a virtualization application like VirtualBox? MobaLiveCD is a Windows utility that lets you run any LiveCD in Windows without installing a thing. Just download and run MobaLiveCD.exe (which is a 1.4MB file), and select the ISO you want to run. Thanks to the magic of QEMU, you'll be able to run the Linux distro as a LiveCD in a window on your desktop. no reboot required.

Now, don't expect spectacular performance here. You're essentially running an operating system inside of another operating system, so things might be on the slow side. And it won't necessarily work with every host machine or every LiveCD. But at 1.4MB and with no installation needed, why not give it a try?

MobaLiveCD can also be installed to your hard drive, allowing you to launch LiveCDs via a right-click context menu. And you can create virtual hard drives to save data from your LiveCD sessions.

[via Lifehacker]

Filed under: Developer, Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity

Windows emulation on Mactels with Q

q emulation windowsThere's still no word as to whether Virtual PC will run on Intel Macs any time soon, but this Q project looks pretty promising. It was only a matter of time, since you'd think emulating Windows straight to the hardware would be easy, right? Yeah, well, probably not, but it'll at least be faster. Q is a Cocoa port of QEMU, but looks so much like VPC though I hope they don't get the legal smackdown. I'd still rather be able to emulate than have to dual-boot, so let's hope this, and the potential of a WINE port that really works on OS X could be just around the corner. Linux, Windows running in a virtualized environment, straight on the iron? Nice.

[Via TUAW]

Filed under: Windows, Linux, Open Source

Run Linux as a Windows screensaver

Linux on WindowsIBM developerWorks is running a curious article by Chris Ward that describes how to "Construct and package a Linux LiveCD so that it will ... operate as a standard Windows screensaver." Why would you want to run Linux as a screensaver? Well, mostly because you can, but also "to help remove two obstacles to the wider adoption of free and open source software ... the perceived difficulty and disruptive effects of installing Linux [and] the uncertainty of hardware support for Linux." The project requires QEMU, a PC emulator I've been hearing a lot about lately, and some modifications to its source, but it's pretty straightforward.

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