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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. ! Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is exactly what I want if I didn't want this at all. This is about as exciting as Microsoft's announcement of XP SP3, subsequent recall, then re-release. Talk about misguided allocation of skill.

    -evilghost

  2. Yet another QuantumG troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF? You troll almost every discussion in one manner or another. Get a life already. Who runs 3D accellerated stuff in a VM anyways? Not to mention that it isn't nearly as slow as you suggest in your troll. Were you beaten as a child or molested or something? You post trolls to almost all articles. What is your problem? Seriously, I really want to know.

  3. Yet another Slashdot stalker by QuantumG · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck off and die already.

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  4. really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    so this is like being bi-sexual? where you can go from being a normal heterosexual windows user to a raving filthy dick smoking faggot with linfux?

    i'll be damned. but i'm still straight, thank you. feel free to shove your linsux up your faggot asses.

  5. Why would you want to run Linux apps in Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Isn't Windows allmighty?