[KLUG Members] Running linux from windows

[Dirk H Bartley]

Alan DeJong wrote:
> 
> Hello all!
> I have a quick question.  Besides VMware, what other programs are there to run linux from
> windows?
> The only reason i want to use windows is for the file sharing programs, but i would also
> like to switch over to linux to use everything else.  I know this isnt the best way to do
> it but i was just wondering what everyone uses.
> -alan
> 
Samba is very capable of having a unix host share filesystems with windows
computers and vice versa.  NFS is very capable of sharing files with other unix
hosts.  Reasons that I would see to use linux within windows is to use some
device, like for example a scanner, that is not supported on linux and is
connected via a port that won't work with windows within linux.  If you could go
into a little more detail of this file sharing requirement, I'm sure that the
method of using a linux host could be explained.  If you need access to a win32
app then possibly vmware on a headless windows machine may work.

Dirk