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Install coLinux (and Ubuntu Hardy) on Win XP using Slirp to internet and TAP to host behind a corporate firewall/proxy server

Date: 2008-04-14  |   Modified: 2008-09-07  |   Tags: colinux, cygwin, linux, ubuntu, wmii   |   2 Comments

coLinux allows you to run a full Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu Hardy, on top of Windows at near native speeds. It runs as a single Windows process with its own specially allocated address space. The guest linux system can run from either a separate disk partition or from a single file on your Windows filesystem.

My initial impression of coLinux was so positive, I had planned to name this post, Goodbye Cygwin, hello coLinux. After 2 months of using coLinux, I still am using Cygwin a little bit. Despite being slow, (almost unbearably slow with my company's mandatory ...

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My software tools list

Date: 2007-08-10  |   Modified: 2008-11-03  |   Tags: c, colinux, conkeror, cygwin, django, eclipse, emacs, linux, mercurial, preferences, python, subversion, ubuntu, urxvt, wmii   |   2 Comments

Inspired by Mark Pilgrim's 2006 Essentials list, below is a list of my current software tools. If you notice a lot of "I switched from ..." statements, keep in mind that I am a programmer who likes shiny things.

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Operating System Ubuntu 8.04, Windows Vista Work Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy
Home Laptop: dual-boot Windows Vista with Cygwin and Ubuntu Hardy
Home Desktop: Ubuntu Hardy

I am in the process of migrating from Windows to Linux. My first Ubuntu install was in 2007 (dual-boot ...
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