Christian: I did not know that this could be done. I thought that it should be able to be done. I searched the net for "live CD", and found that there were others available, the best appear to be Ubuntu, MEPIS and Gnome. However, MEPIS site did not show where to download one to be burned on a CD.
Could you point me in the right direction. Chris > As everyone else has said, you should consider a live CD. Mepis is > probably the best. I can mail you a CD for free if you would like to > give me your PO Box. Please understand that everything you put on > this list is public, so don't put any information here that you don't > want to be googleable. > > I would also suggest that you get a flash drive. If you store your > data (letters, spreadsheets, etc.) on a flashdrive, and carry a live > CD with you, you basically can turn anyone's computer into YOUR > computer, without a trace. You won't harm their hard drive. You > won't leave any data on their machines. You simply put the live CD > into the CD ROM, reboot, as soon as the rebooting process starts, > attach your USB flashdrive to the machine, and BOOM! you have your > very own Linux computer ANY WHERE YOU GO. It's sooooo cool. You > would want to warn your friends that their computers will LOOK > different just for the period of time that you are on those computers, > but their computers will not be changed at all. When you are done, > just hit reboot, and immediately pull of the flashdrive and pull the > CD out of the CD ROM, and BOOM, the friend's computer returns to its > prior state. > > Christian Einfeldt > 415-351-1300 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Jul 1, 2005 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [social] GNU Linux emulator for Windows XP? > > Is there any form of GNU linux emulator that I can get for Windows XP, > that would let me create a virtual machine for running Linux apps? I > think this would be cool, until I can switch OS's confidently. > > Rigel >
