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28-03-2003, 05:48
|Creating a Linux / Windows Hybrid System
(By ChakanTGM)
Software Used:
VMware Workstation 3.2 [ or the Open Source Bochs IA-32 Emulator, if you can make it work let me know ]
A Linux Distro [ free for download ; I used Mandrake-Linux 9.0 ]
Redhat's Cygwin [ free ; open source ]
hhProxy v 4.10.5 [ free ]
TrayIt! v 2.9.1.1 [ free ]
Requirements:
Windows NT, 2000, XP (95 and 98 require additional steps that you might be able to figure out for yourself, but I won't explain them here)
Some knowledge of Linux
Wouldn't it be great if you could run Windows and Linux at the same time, on the same computer? What if both desktops could run seemlessly along side one another? Or how about having KDE as your default Windows shell? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to do all these things and much more.
The advantages of having Linux and Windows running at the same time are obvious. There are very few disadvantages, one of them being performance. But with a decent computer system, you can run both Operating Systems without any noticable performance issues. I'm using an AMD Thunderbird (1045Mhz) with 512MB of SDRAM and Windows XP for this review. If you don't think your computer can handle doing this, then I suggest you save yourself some time and not attempt it.
Here are some screenshots of Linux running on my XP box:
Well, no better place to start then at the beginning.
Phase 1: Cygwin Setup and Configuration
"Cygwin is a UNIX environment for windows", exclaims the cygwin website. Cygwin itself is a DLL file that provides UNIX emulation for Windows. It comes with a whole lot of GNU/Linux programs that you can install and run. It is nessesary that we install this before we install our actual Linux distro. You'll find out why later.
So step one is to get the cygwin setup file from the official website (Or you can also get it from me here.) and setup Cygwin on your computer.
Got it? Good. Now run the setup file and press NEXT. You should then be faced with three options. Leave "Install from Internet" selected and click NEXT. You should then be asked what root directory you would like. You should leave it as the default, unless you want to rename it to something else. Please note that I will refer to this location from now on as "cygwin root".So hit NEXT again and you will see "Local Package Directory". This is the directory that cygwin will temporarily store its setup files, before installing to your root directory. Change it to whatever you want and hit NEXT.
Now configure your Internet connection (or leave this alone) and hit NEXT. You will then see a list of mirrors. Any mirror is fine, but I always choose the second or third one. Hit NEXT again and the setup will start to download something, then present you with a list of packages.
This is very important. You must have at least XFree86 and OpenSSH installed. (OpenSSH can be found under Net). If you have a slow internet connection and want to do a minimal install, keep this in mind.
So now select whatever packages you want to install to your system. You'll need to install WindowMaker (and other window managers, if you want) from XFree86. Also install OpenSSH as I've advised above. When this is done, select NEXT. The rest of the install process is pretty strait forward, so I won't get into it here.
Step Two is the configuration of Cygwin after the install is complete. We'll need to set some options and setup the rootless Xserver. Setting up the Cygwin rootless Xserver is pretty easy. And the Cygwin Xserver makes a great replacement over Exceed. But please follow these directions carefully.
http://www23.brinkster.com/chakantgm/reviews/winlin_hybrid/setup.zip
also to download the program
to get more infos about the program and how to run it ::::::
http://www23.brinkster.com/chakantgm/reviews/winlin_hybrid/
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(By ChakanTGM)
Software Used:
VMware Workstation 3.2 [ or the Open Source Bochs IA-32 Emulator, if you can make it work let me know ]
A Linux Distro [ free for download ; I used Mandrake-Linux 9.0 ]
Redhat's Cygwin [ free ; open source ]
hhProxy v 4.10.5 [ free ]
TrayIt! v 2.9.1.1 [ free ]
Requirements:
Windows NT, 2000, XP (95 and 98 require additional steps that you might be able to figure out for yourself, but I won't explain them here)
Some knowledge of Linux
Wouldn't it be great if you could run Windows and Linux at the same time, on the same computer? What if both desktops could run seemlessly along side one another? Or how about having KDE as your default Windows shell? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to do all these things and much more.
The advantages of having Linux and Windows running at the same time are obvious. There are very few disadvantages, one of them being performance. But with a decent computer system, you can run both Operating Systems without any noticable performance issues. I'm using an AMD Thunderbird (1045Mhz) with 512MB of SDRAM and Windows XP for this review. If you don't think your computer can handle doing this, then I suggest you save yourself some time and not attempt it.
Here are some screenshots of Linux running on my XP box:
Well, no better place to start then at the beginning.
Phase 1: Cygwin Setup and Configuration
"Cygwin is a UNIX environment for windows", exclaims the cygwin website. Cygwin itself is a DLL file that provides UNIX emulation for Windows. It comes with a whole lot of GNU/Linux programs that you can install and run. It is nessesary that we install this before we install our actual Linux distro. You'll find out why later.
So step one is to get the cygwin setup file from the official website (Or you can also get it from me here.) and setup Cygwin on your computer.
Got it? Good. Now run the setup file and press NEXT. You should then be faced with three options. Leave "Install from Internet" selected and click NEXT. You should then be asked what root directory you would like. You should leave it as the default, unless you want to rename it to something else. Please note that I will refer to this location from now on as "cygwin root".So hit NEXT again and you will see "Local Package Directory". This is the directory that cygwin will temporarily store its setup files, before installing to your root directory. Change it to whatever you want and hit NEXT.
Now configure your Internet connection (or leave this alone) and hit NEXT. You will then see a list of mirrors. Any mirror is fine, but I always choose the second or third one. Hit NEXT again and the setup will start to download something, then present you with a list of packages.
This is very important. You must have at least XFree86 and OpenSSH installed. (OpenSSH can be found under Net). If you have a slow internet connection and want to do a minimal install, keep this in mind.
So now select whatever packages you want to install to your system. You'll need to install WindowMaker (and other window managers, if you want) from XFree86. Also install OpenSSH as I've advised above. When this is done, select NEXT. The rest of the install process is pretty strait forward, so I won't get into it here.
Step Two is the configuration of Cygwin after the install is complete. We'll need to set some options and setup the rootless Xserver. Setting up the Cygwin rootless Xserver is pretty easy. And the Cygwin Xserver makes a great replacement over Exceed. But please follow these directions carefully.
http://www23.brinkster.com/chakantgm/reviews/winlin_hybrid/setup.zip
also to download the program
to get more infos about the program and how to run it ::::::
http://www23.brinkster.com/chakantgm/reviews/winlin_hybrid/
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