Now run Ubuntu (Linux Operating System) within Windows

April 7, 2009 by MK
Filed under Tech News

Isn’t this great news? Running Ubuntu inside Windows. This means you don’t need those virtual machines anymore to test your Website with LINUX browsers.

Windows only: Free application Portable Ubuntu for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application.

Portable Ubuntu is a stand alone package that runs a fairly standard GNOME-based version of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. It doesn’t create its own desktop, but puts all its windows inside your Windows OS.

Here are some of the important features of Portable Ubuntu:

You can carry it on a thumb drive and it can actually run entirely from it. (Its like the CD that Ubuntu’s official Website provides to run the entire OS from your disk drive)
You can and save your work and data to your Windows folders and files.
Changes you make and applications you install are carried around with you.
You can manage it easily from Windows, and it works great on dual monitors.

What, don’t know what UBUNTU is?

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customize and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.