“Cooperative Linux (coLinux for short) occupies a unique niche
in the field of virtualization–that of running GNU/Linux natively
in Windows. Although begun in 2000, the project has only recently
released version 0.72, but it has given the underlying technology
to several other higher profile projects such as andLinux and Ulteo
Virtual Desktop. Now, with the current interest in attracting
Windows users to GNU/Linux, as evidenced by such tools as Ubuntu’s
Wubi and Fedora’s Live USB-Creator, the technology behind coLinux
seems overdue for a closer look.“coLinux was begun by Dan Aloni in 2000. A first-year computer
science student with a background in Windows and a newfound
enthusiasm for free software, Aloni became interested in porting
User Mode Linux, a project for running GNU/Linux within a virtual
machine for testing purposes, to Cygwin, the well-known Unix-like
environment for Windows. Called Umlwin32, this project still
exists, although Aloni is no longer actively involved with
it…”
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