Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
Thanks all! On 12/14/09, peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au wrote: Depends what you are trying to do. If you are just after a more linux like shell for windows and some scripting then something like UWIN or cygwin would suit. If however, you want linux in all its gloriousness then a virtual environment such as virtualbox is a good option (if your laptop has enough memory). Another option is to create a live CD that you can boot from your CD drive (something like Damn Small Linux or SLAX isn't too big to download). Have fun. Peter -- Peter Neish Systems Officer Victorian Parliamentary Library peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail .COM To Sent by: Code for CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Libraries cc code4...@listser V.ND.EDU Subject [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help 14/12/2009 03:20 PM Please respond to Code for Libraries code4...@listser V.ND.EDU I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? Parliament of Victoria Important Disclaimer Notice: The information contained in this email including any attachments, may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised disclosure, copying or dissemination of all or part of this email, including any attachments, is not permitted. This email, including any attachments, should be dealt with in accordance with copyright and privacy legislation. Except where otherwise stated, views expressed are those of the individual sender. -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
Cygwin++ / Wubi++ / Virtual box - heard good things from people who know Those three solutions give you respectively the choice between partial emulation / dual boot / and virtualization. Like others have, or are likely to say, it depends on what you're trying to do (and why you're trying to do it that way). -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Amory Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:20 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
Matt Amory wrote: I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? While lots of other people have answered this question already, I'd like to point out that without information on what it is you want to use Linux for, it's almost impossible to give a sensible answer to this question. Are you planning on using it to offer services to third parties? to do network diagnostics? to try out new software? (which software?) to improve your skills? to be able to test stuff on your laptop in the same environment as your servers? to improve your commandline-foo? Annoy your fellow Windows users? as part of a prolonged programme of masochism? Each of these lead (potentially) to different recommendations. BTW: 'UNIX' is a trademark which is basically no longer used. You probably mean POSIX (AKA IEEE Std 1002.1-1989 AKA ISO/IEC 9945). cheers stuart -- Stuart Yeates http://www.nzetc.org/ New Zealand Electronic Text Centre http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/ Institutional Repository
[CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option?
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
How about WUBI? Installs Ubuntu like a windows program - easy in, easy out. http://wubi-installer.org/ jf On 12/13/09, Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? -- Sent from my mobile device http://libgrunt.blogspot.com -- library culture and technology.
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
I'd say VirtualBox. VMWare has also has a free client, but I'd just go with VirtualBox. On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option?
Re: [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help
Depends what you are trying to do. If you are just after a more linux like shell for windows and some scripting then something like UWIN or cygwin would suit. If however, you want linux in all its gloriousness then a virtual environment such as virtualbox is a good option (if your laptop has enough memory). Another option is to create a live CD that you can boot from your CD drive (something like Damn Small Linux or SLAX isn't too big to download). Have fun. Peter -- Peter Neish Systems Officer Victorian Parliamentary Library peter.ne...@parliament.vic.gov.au Matt Amory matt.am...@gmail .COM To Sent by: Code for CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Libraries cc code4...@listser V.ND.EDU Subject [CODE4LIB] UNIX/LINUX noob looking for UWIN help 14/12/2009 03:20 PM Please respond to Code for Libraries code4...@listser V.ND.EDU I'm trying to get UNIX/LINUX to run on my Windows laptop. Is UWIN the best and easiest option? Parliament of Victoria Important Disclaimer Notice: The information contained in this email including any attachments, may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete it from your system. Any unauthorised disclosure, copying or dissemination of all or part of this email, including any attachments, is not permitted. This email, including any attachments, should be dealt with in accordance with copyright and privacy legislation. Except where otherwise stated, views expressed are those of the individual sender.
