i am using MS vista , how can i get Linux CLI in Vista

Qaisturi · 11-01-2009, 05:50 AM

i am using MS vista , how can i get Linux CLI in Vista, so that i can learn linux commands interface.

catkin · 11-01-2009, 05:55 AM

One solution would be to run Linux in a virtual machine under Vista -- that would give you the whole Linux, including the CLI.

fbianconi · 11-01-2009, 05:55 AM

use a pc emulator, otherwise you can allways go wubi

neonsignal · 11-01-2009, 06:00 AM

If you just want to get to know a few shell (cli) commands, you can install either cygwin or SFU (Windows Services for Unix).

However, if you want to become more familiar with Linux, you would install a Linux distro either as an alternative boot, or run one from within a virtual machine.

Another way is to install CoLinux, which can run alongside Windows without using a virtual machine. It isn't so easy to run a GUI under CoLinux (because you need to run the XWindows GUI server under Windows), but if you are just running from the command line it is a good intro.

Neofish · 11-01-2009, 06:03 AM

There are several ways. One way is to install cygwin, which is a linux CLI that runs on windows. If you want to try out real linux, you can use a livecd. A live cd is a linux system that runs completely off a cd. It doesn't touch your windows system or your files. I would recomend PClinuxOS. But the choice is really up to you.

pixellany · 11-01-2009, 08:57 AM

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sundialsvcs · 11-02-2009, 11:39 PM

There's also the gnuwin32 project, which has implemented a large number of command-line utilities in native-win32. Works great.

Finding shell implementations of this type is a bit tricky, since the underlying operating systems are different in some fundamental respects that shells usually do care about. But I am told that they are out there.

Incidentally, Windows has a couple of quasi-decent shells too.

raskin · 11-03-2009, 01:05 AM

If you want the maximum ease/lack of risk, use a virtual machine and either boot a LiveCD inside it, or use a prepared image if you can find a trustworthy one fitting your needs (if you choose VMWare, they seem to offer some downloadable "appliance" VM images based on Linux; for Qemu there are many images by many minor distributions).

Also you can try and install coLinux. If you want GUI, I recommend installing a VNC server inside coLinux and a VNC client on Windows. That seems to work fine.