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4 Sep 2024 13:16:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Portable Ubuntu under Windows  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 1 Feb 2010 14:40:16
Message: <4b672e20$1@news.povray.org>
Darren New wrote:
> Probably faster than QEMU. A self-contained VMhost or something?

Seems to be based on coLinux.

I still don't quite understand how the hell coLinux works.

"In effect Cooperative Linux turns the two different operating system 
kernels (Linux and NT) into two big coroutines."

I think it loads the Linux kernel as a WindowsNT *driver* or something. 
Which sounds pretty damn crazy...


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