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    Running Linux in Windows from USB

    I know of using Wubi and I have used Wubi a couple times, and I have used just a jump drive to boot into Linux. However I am trying to find a way to boot into windows (without admin privileges) and run Ubuntu so that I can comfortably connect back into my home machine using a Linux command line. Is there a way to run Ubuntu as an application when you don't need administrator privileges? All the ways I have found need admin privileges.
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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    you cant run two os's at the same time.
    use virtualbox?
    Keep your important files in HOSTS when ubuntu is installed with WUBI
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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    I thought I had read something somewhere showing that you could run Ubuntu as an application inside windows? or was that the other way around?
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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    virtualbox will let you do that nicely

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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    Quote Originally Posted by jus71n742 View Post
    I thought I had read something somewhere showing that you could run Ubuntu as an application inside windows? or was that the other way around?
    i think you are talking about wubi?
    wubi INSTALLS ubuntu as and application in windows. so you can remove through add remove and it wont have its own partition
    Keep your important files in HOSTS when ubuntu is installed with WUBI
    How to install ANYTHING in Ubuntu!
    'No PUB KEY' error? Try this!


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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    Do a web search for 'Portable Ubuntu Remix'. It runs on coLinux and will run off a thumbdrive. It is slow but it works.

    Runs as an app so no admin priveleges are needed.

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    Re: Running Linux in Windows from USB

    if you just want command line access to you server then just use putty.

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