Re: [coLinux-users] suggestion: linux runtime environment

[Michael R. <mic...@fr...>]

Jitesh Shah wrote:
> Well... what you suggest is very close to what current virtualisation
> solutions provide, including colinux. You can run applications on linux as a
> guest, communicate with the host apps.
> how would linux runtime environment differ??

- Porting (colinux) is much faster then virtualizers (like vmware) and 
this is the biggest advantage.
- colinux is Free Software, the mature one virtualizers (vmware, 
virtualbox) are not really Free Software, just some parts are
- I did check out AndLinux. It`s really great, the integration with the 
host os is much better, the speed is great, the look and feel is great, 
copy and paste works, sounds works, easy installer, no slow virtual cards.

Henry Nestler wrote:
 > Perhaps you wish what Lina does? http://openlina.org/
 > Promo-Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIZglgt-Mo

The idea is great but this project won`t get accept by Free Software 
developers since lina uses software patents.

It`s also a little bit limited compared to colinux. Colinux could let 
run also proprietary linux native only software on windows.

  > coLinux is the base VM for running every Linux. We can not provide all
 > in one box installation from Windows side. After you have a running
 > Linux in coLinux, you can use the Linux packet manager and downloading
 > and installing more packets (apt-get, yum, yast, ...).
 >
 > Some "box" installations with coLinux as background exist.

Ok, I begin to understand this a little big better. Colinux is like 
linux, it`s the base. But colinux is not ubuntu a preconfigured distro 
wich runs out of the box, this must be picked up by interested third 
party developers like AndLinux who want to use colinux as base.