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Old April 3, 2009, 10:26 PM
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Lifehacker - Portable Ubuntu Runs Ubuntu Inside Windows - Portable Ubuntu

A neat little application. Sure there might be other portable Linux out there, but a quick google check seems to indicate that you need to install it into the USB drive. This one requires just copying the extracted folder to the USB then running a .bat file.
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Old April 7, 2009, 03:33 PM
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You can start Damn Small Linux from inside Windows as well. Or any distro using a virtual machine.
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Exactly ! I find using virtualbox from sunmicro works great . It allows you to run another operating system from within windows . I have another pc that runs Ubuntu 8.04 and numerous other distros of Linux on virtualbox from within Ubuntu . That way I don't have to use the live cd method and you get all the features .
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Old April 10, 2009, 09:56 PM
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Well, you don't need virtualization to run it. You could run it off a USB...
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Neat. Like Wubi but more integrated with the OS. I still prefer a full linux install
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Sounds great & I'll have to give it a try.

I still though prefer installing a full OS under VirtualBox.
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