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jus71n742
March 3rd, 2010, 05:23 AM
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.

MelDJ
March 3rd, 2010, 07:45 PM
you cant run two os's at the same time.
use virtualbox?

jus71n742
March 4th, 2010, 04:47 AM
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?

maddg3241
March 4th, 2010, 10:53 PM
virtualbox will let you do that nicely

MelDJ
March 6th, 2010, 01:56 PM
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

spudmonkey
March 7th, 2010, 06:37 AM
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.

IncadudeF
March 7th, 2010, 10:12 AM
if you just want command line access to you server then just use putty.