SunnyB Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Just ran across THIS site. Win Linux 2003. What in the world is it? Anyone ever used it. I don't remember seeing mention of it on the Debian site or other distro lists. Supposedly you can install it on a Windows machine just like any other Windows app????? What good is that? Anything running under Windows would be just as vulnerable to Windows attacks, viruses or failures as Windows is. Anybody know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2004 Is this a gag site like mslinux.org? Your linked site has MySQL errors on it when I looked, so could not get a good look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Candyman Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 (edited) search for lin4win that'll steer you in the right direction as to what it is EDIT: Changed win4lin to lin4win...cuz I wasn't thinking before, lol Edited February 26, 2004 by MR_Candyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Is this a gag site like mslinux.org?Your linked site has MySQL errors on it when I looked, so could not get a good look at it. Yeah, I just got the same error ... I think it's a gag site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reapah Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 Yeah, I just got the same error ... I think it's a gag site! It isn't. Winlinux was/is a distro much like Phat Linux. I tried them a while ago but was never able to get them to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramitman_87 Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 i think it is fake but there is lindows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 26, 2004 Their only working comment: WinLinux 2003 was designed and built to be the easiest to use Linux system. Its installation and configuration tasks are performed directly from Windows using graphical tools.If you have always wanted to have a powerful and reliable system on your computer, WinLinux 2003 was made for you. If you want to enter the Open Source world, WinLinux 2003 is the easiest path. Seems to have some logical problems...How is adding Linux as an app on top of Windows supposed to be "a powerful and reliable system on your computer"? And running it on a very proprietary system is hardly a way to "enter the Open Source world". :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reapah Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 How is adding Linux as an app on top of Windows supposed to be "a powerful and reliable system on your computer"? It installed on the C:\ drive; then you booted into DOS where you'd launch a batch file to start Winlinux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 I remember trying this -- a LONG time ago. It would use the Fat32 file system, install files in some place like c:\linux\ (the whole tree, not just a disk image like Phat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 That site has a lot of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 27, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 27, 2004 That site has a lot of problems. Yeah... I'm not sure if I would try software from a company that can't keep a webpage from being broken over 24 hours. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJP Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Back in 2001 it was a very nice system. You didn't need to partition you hd cause it used fat32. Therefore it was ofcourse slow. one of the coolest feautures was that you could change your linux hardware settings inside of windows. So that saved you a lot of time with configuration. Nowadays with thing like knoppix a distro like this isn't needed anymore. That's why the project is abandoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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