Portable Ubuntu

[Heathen]

No, not USBuntu, I am talking about MiniUbuntu. (http://lifehacker.com/5195999/portable-ubuntu-runs-ubuntu-inside-windows#c)




http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/04/portable_ubuntu_splash.pngWindows only: Free application Portable Ubuntu (http://lifehacker.com/tag/portable-ubuntu/) for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application. As if that weren't cool enough, it's portable, so you can carry it on your thumb drive.
Built from the same guts as the andLinux (http://andlinux.org/) system that lets you seamlessly run Linux apps on your Windows desktop (http://lifehacker.com/358208/seamlessly-run-linux-apps-on-your-windows-desktop), Portable Ubuntu (http://lifehacker.com/tag/portable-ubuntu/) is a stand-alone package that runs a fairly standard (i.e. orange-colored, GNOME-based) version of the popular Ubuntu (http://ubuntu.com/) Linux distribution. It just doesn't bother creating its own desktop, and puts all its windows inside your Windows, er, windows.
tNzmNB-P6Qk
The coolest parts about Portable Ubuntu are:


It actually works (in most cases, on most systems).
It fits on a (larger) thumb drive and can run entirely from it.
It can work on, and save to, your Windows folders and files.
It's persistent, so changes you make and apps you install are carried around with you.
It's easily manageable from Windows, and works great on dual monitors.


has yet to work with me but I am stupid so :/

Still, nifty.

[legionaire45]

Sucks that you need access to the command line to run it - I was going to use it at school since Windows on those machines is so broken :<

Cool nevertheless.

[Lateksi]

I'm a windows fag so could anyone tell me some useful only-Ubuntu apps? I mean a good reason to get this.

[legionaire45]

I don't really use Ubuntu as my main OS, but from what I saw when I toyed with virtualising it there are similar apps for most of the basic windows things built in and a bunch of apps that are insanely easy to install from the built in apps-downloader-thing.

Besides that, there are lots of other apps you can get on the internet, but other than the stocks ones I can't really say much.

[Jelly]

I'm a windows fag so could anyone tell me some useful only-Ubuntu apps? I mean a good reason to get this.
None. Ubuntu, and linux in general, is designed to provide a free alternative to commercial software.

[sdavis117]

This isn't the first Portable Linux OS that could run inside Windows, but it is nice to see that Ubuntu is getting the OS inside and OS treatment.

[p0lar_bear]

I'm a windows fag so could anyone tell me some useful only-Ubuntu apps? I mean a good reason to get this.

If you're looking to l2linux (if you want to get into server administration since many servers run a *nix-based OS), I suppose you could start with Ubuntu.

[sdavis117]

I'm a windows fag so could anyone tell me some useful only-Ubuntu apps? I mean a good reason to get this.

The thing about Linux is not exclusives, but it is variety. Many people can have just one task that they need a computer to do. Thing is, while a general Windows OS (or maybe even a Mac OS) could do that task, there is probably a Linux OS made specifically for that task (whatever it is). This saves HDD and RAM space, saves processing power, and saves money.

Linux is great for Webservers, simple networks, and Netbooks.

[Phopojijo]

... why didn't they make a simple .bat file? o.O

[Heathen]

welp, now I am gonna turn this into a help thread.

WHen I do it it says cant find trayrun.bat or whatever.