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NetworkWorldFusion: Linux Gets Small and Smaller

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2005

“Last week unbridled joy entered your life when you got coLinux
running on your Windows PC without any kind of virtual machine
monitor and without the aid of a safety net. Several of you have
already written in to tell of your coLinux exploits, and this
week–can you believe it?–it gets better!

“The Debian distro we got running last week under coLinux was
cool and, with a certain amount of finagling, you can get X Window
services running but it is a bit of a chore…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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