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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
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
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 (http://www.virtualbox.org/) 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 (www.colinux.org). 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...
Axelius
June 16th, 2007, 20:54
Vmware for windows is the best resource for creating virtual machines
Yeah but isn't this software very expensive?? VirtualBox is for free.
parkermauney
June 16th, 2007, 23:23
Bochs?