Looking for a linux for winodows xp !

antonio93 · 03-12-2006, 08:12 AM

i'm looking for a linux for windows xp, i searched it 100 times but i didn't find something then i asked a question to yhaoo! answers and i found a answer then i downloaded but it didn't work! Please please help me about it!Coz i'm really confused!

phil.d.g · 03-12-2006, 08:16 AM

Linux doesn't run on Windows XP, in fact Linux has nothing to do with Windows XP.

Perhaps you are looking for a distribution that looks like Windows XP, in that it has a theme that resembles Windows Explorer?

turnovg · 03-12-2006, 08:21 AM

What do you mean "linux for windows"? You can't start LINUX under Windouz, coz they are different operating systems. You can do that using and emulator like Qemu or VMWare.
If you want to see LINUX first and then install (if you like it), go and get Ubuntu Live CD:

www.ubuntu.com

Download the .iso image appropriate for your machine: i386, athlon 64 bit, Mac. Burn it on a CD-R or CD-RW, reboot your machine with this CD into the CD-ROM. You see Ubuntu LINUX started with a nice grafical environment (GNOME) in about 2 minutes. It won't install anything on your hard disk, you can actually use it without a hard disk at all

All it needs is a CD-ROM, a fairly new processor (1GHz or more) and 256MB RAM (or more).

Good Luck

XavierP · 03-12-2006, 10:43 AM

Maybe Cygwin is what you want? Or Vmware or Win4Lin, they all give you a way to have a Linux environment in Windows.

Or you just want to dual boot.....

antonio93 · 03-13-2006, 06:09 AM

thanks guys but i found linux and i downloaded it

Now i can use linx on windows

Matir · 03-13-2006, 10:52 AM

What tool, exactly, are you using now? Just for our reference.

Crobat · 03-13-2006, 11:16 AM

Hmm...Damn small Linux can run embedded in Windows, but *shrug*

antonio93 · 03-13-2006, 11:56 AM

lol, it's not damn small Linux, it's suSE Linux 10.0 it's really working i loved linux

icepack · 03-13-2006, 05:14 PM

what a horrible, not funny joke.

mijohnst · 03-13-2006, 05:33 PM

Antonio93 you are quite resourceful... I was wondering if you could help me find a Linux to run on my toothbrush...

cs-cam · 03-13-2006, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mijohnst

Antonio93 you are quite resourceful... I was wondering if you could help me find a Linux to run on my toothbrush...

I dunno about your toothbrush, but these people can help you get NetBSD running on your toaster

Crobat · 03-14-2006, 12:42 AM

Hmm...judging from the fact that s/he is new, I don't think it was an intentional joke. Sounds like they have a hold of a live CD.

Of course, I could be wrong.

antonio93 · 03-14-2006, 05:09 AM

alright but i wasn't joking , i liked suSE linux 10.0. Aaa and i don't have hold of a live cd

bc8o8 · 03-14-2006, 10:30 AM

There's nothing wrong with liking SUSE 10, a lot of people do But when you say a Linux on WinXP, do you mean you're dual booting (able to boot Linux OR Windows) or do you mean your actually booted into Windows and running Linux from there? How did you actually do the installation?

dtcs · 03-14-2006, 12:08 PM

why on earth would you emulate Linux, its slow and you wont get the real Linux experience.