On May 20, 2004 10:35, frankieh wrote: > Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > On May 20, 2004 00:45, frankieh wrote: > >>Hi guys, > >> > >>I just found something pretty interesting.. > >> > >>http://www.colinux.org > >> > >>Allows you to run linux from inside windows.. > >> > >>Very cool, I am currently running Debian 3 inside XP, have the internet > >>working and I can ssh to it.. > >>Working to get X sorted, (have to use VNC cos I don't have an X server > >>on windows..) > >> > >>Very cool way to "try before you buy", but its a bit too technical to > >>have a newbie set it up. > >> > >>Still, its certainly an interesting toy. > > > > Cool, the best of both worlds! All the virii, worms and crashes of > > Windoze without having to put up with all the reliability, security, > > efficiency and power of Linux :^}. > > LOL, yes I know.. > > However, I didn't say I was running it for productivity reasons. > > Mostly just to test some debian stuff that I will need to load onto a > server soon. > Also to impress a couple of windows guys with linux. > I will install it for them, and they can try it and have a play without > leaving their windows comfort zone.... > > But its interesting isn't it?? I mean the places linux can run?? > possibly the most hostile enviroment on the planet. (inside windows)..
Yeah, it is interesting. I'm sure M$ will "fix" this with their next "security" patch, though. Just like they used to do to Netscrape, and are currently doing to Real. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL.
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