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[ToxicS]

There's no doubt that Linux—particularly Ubuntu—is a killer operating system full of excellent apps, but for about a million reasons, you're stuck running Windows as your main operating system. We understand, these things happen. But what about all those killer Linux apps you've left behind when you decided to live the Windows life? Sure you could dual-boot or run Linux in the confines of a virtual machine window, but wouldn't it be great if you could run those apps side-by-side with your Windows apps—like Linux users can do with WINE or OS X can do with Parallels or VMWare? You can, and today I'll show you how to seamlessly run your favorite Linux applications directly in Windows with a free software called andLinux.
What Is andLinux?
andLinux is actually a full installation of Ubuntu Linux running on top of your Windows operating system. Similar to how you can run coherence mode in Parallels or unity mode in VMWare Fusion, andLinux takes your Linux apps out of the virtual machine and creates a seamless interface in which they co-mingle with all your Windows apps. Kinky, huh?

Source: http://lifehacker.co...windows-desktop

This is exciting I won't need to install linux now!

Discuss

[Hydrogen]

Awesome stuff man. This is great if you need windows for something but miss some of the great tools available on linux.

Man I'm really amazed at some of the progress that linux is making these days .

[Axy]

Is a terminal available? I'd love to run make, gcc and that shit cause I *heart* linux command line programs more than windows.

[Hydrogen]

Is a terminal available? I'd love to run make, gcc and that shit cause I *heart* linux command line programs more than windows.

I've done this before with the use of cygwin. You could probably use this and do the same thing. On top of that, you could use it and use one of your favorite linux IDEs