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A Virtualized Linux System For Windows

Posted by kdawson on from the bill-in-the-middle dept.

getupstandup1 writes "Ulteo today unveiled their Virtual Desktop (screenshots, download) which is a free, full Linux desktop that runs seamlessly on Windows. It's interesting because it's not running under Xen or VMWare, but instead uses the coLinux patch, which they claim allows the system to achieve 'great performance, close to a native installation on the PC.' No need to reboot the system anymore to switch from Windows to Linux." We discussed Ulteo when the Ubuntu-derived distro was announced a year back.

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  1. No 3d acceleration by QuantumG · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, unfortunately the video output is as snappy as VNC or VMWare. Virtualize the 3d graphics driver already.

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  2. Can it use your 3d card? stuff on the usb ports? by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can it use your 3d card? stuff on the usb ports? firewire? other add in cards?

  3. Re:Other way around, please by Darkness404 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't think this will happen in as much depth as you are hoping. While Linux is 100% free and open source, it makes porting it to a proprietary OS easier then doing the reverse. WGA and other things don't help.

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  4. Re:Worst of both worlds by Vectronic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But... isnt a house on a dung hill, better than just standing on a dung hill by itself?

    Especially since, you can make the air seem a little more fresh with freshners, take a shower, get out of the sun, etc.