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instant linux on winxp
tomos:
Was trying to find out more about Qemu Puppy and found this brief summary with links to instructions in the portableapps forum. (Not using it myself, just curious).
http://portableapps.com/node/27118
Skimming a couple of the links, IIUC it seems you get a virtual OS that isn't recognised by the main OS - so if you want to access the main OS you go through the virtual OS as opposed to the other way around. Which seems okay.
rgdot:
off topic and newbie questionCan one 'easily' use Basket Note Pads with Puppy or Damn Small Linux?
40hz:
-rgdot (September 08, 2012, 12:02 PM)
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@rgdot: Not easily. Because you'd need to install all the package 'dependencies' for Basket as well. Since Puppy and DSL are designed to be small and fast, and Basket Note Pad was originally designed for the KDE desktop environment, it's very unlikely you will have the requisite dependencies already loaded. And odds are good you'll need to get involved in compiling some pieces of software besides remastering the iso image in order to get Basket to run under either...
Not to say it would be impossible. But it definitely wouldn't be a project for somebody new to either distro.
rgdot:
@40hz, thanks, I suspected as much. Was hoping to try it on something other than playing with larger installs and VMs.
rgdot:
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