Recommend Linux that installs at Windows program?

[Dodge7]

Can any of you recomment a version of Linux that installs as a Windows program [like the BeOS personal version]

And if I have any choice...I don't need a full featured Linux with lots of programs, a samller fast version that has good "configuration skills" would be fine. Any ideas?

[Colonel Sanders]

I'm not sure there are any such distors, at least I don't know of any. Doesn't BeOS require you to give up some hard-drive space (I cant remember if it needs it's own partition or just a really large file) and also reboot your PC everytime you want to run BeOS? I think what you might want to look into is getting a virtual PC that can run under windows and then you could run any distro of Linuxwithout haveing to leave or reboot windows. =) However you would need quite a bit of RAM.

Otherwise I'd suggest you look into dual-booting. I don't know much about it, however last time I tried with Mandrake, it automatically set up a dual boot. I don't know how many distros can succesfully dual-boot windows and Linux,. If that doesn't work, then there is a thread here about dual booting.

L J

[Ind-PC_student]

Go to the website www.linux.org and selct the distributions button
on the distibutions page you can select language, in the category select runs on ms windows, then select the processor architecture
there are 9 distros available

I hope that was usefull

[copyright_1978]

Dodge7, have you head about the Live Linux CD's? Just taking a guess here, but if you are looking for a distro with minimal if any amout of configuration needed, then Live CD's is your best bet.

[Ind-PC_student]

This distro is called amigo linux found at www.amigolinux.org

said to run within windows check it out

[Digitalic]

I play with BeatrIX. It can either be installed or you can burn an ISO to a CD and it will run independantly from Windows without touching your hardrives or leaving a trace.

[rjfvillarosa]

You can download an install version (which you can very easily dual boot) or a live CD version of Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntulinux.org/download/ it comes bundled with FireFox and is very easy to set up, it only took about half an hour to install and dual boot this machine and I was on the internet in about twenty seconds, I am using it now with FireFox to type this.
Ubuntu comes bundled with some good hard ware support.

[Ind-PC_student]

The best solution is www.colinux.org it works within windows and you can choose it's own flavour of debian or gentoo i am installing mine with gentoo lets see how it goes.

[Ind-PC_student]

Originally Posted by Ind-PC_student The best solution is www.colinux.org it works within windows and you can choose it's own flavour of debian or gentoo i am installing mine with gentoo lets see how it goes.

I can't get either distro to work i think the best way is either a live cd distro or an install disk.

[Chiquito]

Hi Dodge7, go to Distro-Watch and order the Simply Mepis 3.3 for $1.99 and it will run as a live C/D or install itself right next to Windows... As a live C/D you can see if you like it and it will even configure itself to the internet or a wireless card. Its a graphical install and it even partitions for you and it looks like XP. You can even use it like Knoppix and do a Windows repair. If you have any problems there is the Mepis Lovers dot org. forums where you can get free help and they are a nice bunch of people. Good Luck Chiquito!!!