Comments on: Portable Ubuntu Remix http://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/ Journey Into A World of Tech Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brianhttp://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-11402 Brian Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:27:43 +0000 http://www.techairlines.com/?p=776#comment-11402 We tested this using a machine running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. While I'm not sure about the compatibility on 64-bit, a search brings up many reports that this does not function properly on 64-bit systems. :( We tested this using a machine running Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit. While I’m not sure about the compatibility on 64-bit, a search brings up many reports that this does not function properly on 64-bit systems. :(

]]> By: Jose Trigueroshttp://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-11362 Jose Trigueros Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:51:38 +0000 http://www.techairlines.com/?p=776#comment-11362 How did you guys managed to get this running on Windows 7 64-bit? I have been trying, but it stops at the splash screen :'( How did you guys managed to get this running on Windows 7 64-bit? I have been trying, but it stops at the splash screen :’(

]]> By: Dense@Hubpageshttp://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-4995 Dense@Hubpages Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:18:11 +0000 http://www.techairlines.com/?p=776#comment-4995 Don't know why I'd ever want to access this in Windows. I'd much prefer a separate file system. But I'd always love PORTABLE stuff. :) .-= Dense@Hubpages´s last blog ..<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Most-Soothing-Beatles-Songs" rel="nofollow">The Most Soothing Beatles Songs</a> =-. Don’t know why I’d ever want to access this in Windows. I’d much prefer a separate file system. But I’d always love PORTABLE stuff. :)
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]]> By: Christmas Top 10’s « Indexedhttp://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-1163 Christmas Top 10’s « Indexed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:47:30 +0000 http://www.techairlines.com/?p=776#comment-1163 [...] Mention: PUbuntu – It would be the best idea ever if it didn’t crash ever 10 [...] [...] Mention: PUbuntu – It would be the best idea ever if it didn’t crash ever 10 [...]

]]> By: Joshhttp://www.techairlines.com/2009/10/03/portable-ubuntu-remix/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Josh Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12:19 +0000 http://www.techairlines.com/?p=776#comment-156 While I'll admit the 3.8GB disk image is quite large, it's quite possible to resize it. Also Portable Ubuntu comes with too many apps for my taste. If you strip out things like GNOME Games and Evolution and replace OpenOffice with Abiword+Gnumeric then it comes out much smaller, and then you can resize your disk image down.If you like you can strip down the disk image to nothing but the actual executable code and use networking to keep data files on the host system. Of course it could be better, it could have drive sharing and a dynamically expandable disk image like VirtualBox, but I suppose that that's currently not possible with coLinux.Overall, Portable Ubuntu is a good tool to keep on hand. A lot of the time you don't have the option to boot from a LiveUSB/CD and this can give you your favorite Linux system in a bind. Actually had great fun running Portable Ubuntu in Windows on an iMac yesterday.-Josh While I’ll admit the 3.8GB disk image is quite large, it’s quite possible to resize it. Also Portable Ubuntu comes with too many apps for my taste. If you strip out things like GNOME Games and Evolution and replace OpenOffice with Abiword+Gnumeric then it comes out much smaller, and then you can resize your disk image down.

If you like you can strip down the disk image to nothing but the actual executable code and use networking to keep data files on the host system. Of course it could be better, it could have drive sharing and a dynamically expandable disk image like VirtualBox, but I suppose that that’s currently not possible with coLinux.

Overall, Portable Ubuntu is a good tool to keep on hand. A lot of the time you don’t have the option to boot from a LiveUSB/CD and this can give you your favorite Linux system in a bind. Actually had great fun running Portable Ubuntu in Windows on an iMac yesterday.

-Josh

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