linux emulator

**rbervoets** · June 13th, 2007, 21:00

Is there a linux emulator for windows?

**parkermauney** · June 13th, 2007, 21:56

Lina.
http://www.openlina.com/

And cygwin can be used to install linux sourcecode, but not run native linux binaries.
http://www.cygwin.com

**the_eternal_dark** · June 14th, 2007, 11:52

Why not dual boot?

**rbervoets** · June 14th, 2007, 20:52

Originally Posted by the_eternal_dark

Why not dual boot?

Because its my mams computer and i broke my laptop

(new screen on order)

**parkermauney** · June 14th, 2007, 22:07

I dual boot, it's really great.

**the_eternal_dark** · June 15th, 2007, 03:44

Originally Posted by rbervoets

Because its my mams computer and i broke my laptop

(new screen on order)

Find a copy of Norton ghost and you'll be fine (or you could just use a live cd, Ubuntu is probably the best at the moment, though PCLinux is also pretty good too). I can't wait for the new Debian though....

**Axelius** · June 15th, 2007, 12:35

You could also use an PC emulator, that virtualizes a PC. I've recently tried InnoTek VirtualBox which works just awesome. You just put up a virtual PC with a virtual harddrive and can install every OS, that runs on a PC. Unfortunately no hardware graphic acceleration is supported, but it's works perfectly for me...

**Cloudhunter** · June 15th, 2007, 13:18

Or, something like CoLinux. It's what I use for PSP devving

It runs unmodified binaries.

Cloudy

**mexicansnake** · June 16th, 2007, 18:12

Vmware for windows is the best resource for creating virtual machines, I use it alot for linux multitesting, coding, experiments also its really easy to use...