Fedora on window
 

Hi,

Few weeks ago I was outside, in a conf. In computer lab., I saw running Fedora on Window . It was cygwin distribution. I did not get chance to ask there. I search the Cygwin web-page but I could not find Fedora under Cygwin.

Any body has idea where to get this. It is really cool.

Thanks.
Manoj

this is what i found on it im not really sure what you mean by running fedora in windows but heres a good start http://www.google.com/search?hs=DJ1&...+4&btnG=Search in the first one if you read it it has some links to help you maybe.

Hi boxerboy,

I googled about this before but I could not get the clear idea.

We know that Cygwin is Unix environment in Window. One can run Unix commands in Cygwin while working in window.

They have installed Cygwin in that computer. On clicking the Cygwin icon it runs Fedora. So, it allows to work on Fedora and Window at the same time and same machine.

with cygwin you basically run X from one box through a shell on another box
this is not something you want to get into unless you have some time to dedicate to it
and if you're trying to run just for example, kde from your box at home through cygwin at school then its definately not worth it at all
the only way this would be useful is if you have a network and want to use one of the boxes from it (not across the net this lags it unbearably) or if you don't open kde or any other X respectively, and just open one window at a time like say firefox
sure it looks cool but i doubt it serves any purpose for you
like i said tho.. it takes time ;)
oh and a more clear idea.. would be
you have windows here and linux there on your network
you're sitting on the windows box, open cygwin, and then ssh to your linux box
then in cygwin you have to allow host and in the shell you need to open kde or whatever pointing it from the ip address of the box its on to the cygwin window that you are using
its really neat we got 4 kde's from one linux box open in 4 cygwin windows lol
but again
practically pointless..
try vmware or something

oh thats what it does ummmmmmmmm just out of pure curiosity why not download and install a linux distro on the pc with windows it sounds like much easier and less tim consumming.

With this one need to reboot the computer to go from window to linux and vice versa. one do not need to reboot if Fedora runs with Window.

However, thanks everybody for your answers and comments.

you want vmware
its a program that lets you install virtually any operating system within another
so you could actually have windows up and running and install linux through vmware onto windows and then you have both operating systems up
in fact a friend of mine installed winxp, then win98 through vmware on the winxp box then he installed suse on vmware on win98 which was running off vmware on the winxp box
so he had 3 os's up and running on one pc
check it out man i'm sure you'll appreciate it

if you run say fedora whiel in windows the way that you guys mean does fedora still run on the ext3 file system and windows still on its file system?

if you're using cygwin then its already ext3 because you're just routing X to another system
if you use vmware its a little more complicated
i've never personally used it but it seems to make a fake hdd for the system from what i've seen which means you would be using the ext3 as well
but like i said i've never personally used it so you'd have to check it out

that sounds cool as long as the ext3 file system that it makes isnt temp.that would get rid of the need to duelboot but i would have to say as i read the forums that theres a reason that more ppl dont use it wether its slower or hard to setup

no i don't believe its temporary because you install the system on vmware and i'm pretty sure vmware keeps all your settings
i mean it'd be pretty useless if it didn't lol
but ya you have to sign up for vmware and stuff i don't know how many people use it or really what the point is but its definately cool

it sounds way too much work for me just for an extra os i have 2 on this one and 1 on the other no windows but it made me wonder what it was like. thank you for explaining it as best you could without using it