LinuxDevCenter takes a peek at the coLinux runtime engine, running under Windows.
coLinux: Linux for Windows Without Rebooting
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Note that the article was based on the 0.6.0 version of CoLinux which is quite old and many improvements have been instroduced since the release. One of the major new features is service support so that you can run your colinux headless. It’s really comfortable because you can have it always up and available on your network so that you can easily SSH into it.
Unofficial snapshots (which have the mentioned features) are available at:
http://www.colinux.org/snapshots/
i can see it now, SP3 for XP containing an AV package that lists linux as one of the windows virii…
Can it run any GUI apps?
>>Can it run any GUI apps?
Yes and no.
According to FAQ, it cannot run X Server.
But you can run forward the GUI apps’s Display to XFree86/Win32.