[ubuntu-in] Possible Idea for One Click Live Ubuntu inside Windows XP

[Ritesh Sinha]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:07 PM, 74yrs old <withblessings at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> -sriranga(77yrsold)
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:59 PM, narendra sisodiya
> <narendra.sisodiya at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:22 AM, 74yrs old <withblessings at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Excellent idea. BTW which version Fedora Live USBcreator for windows
>> > used?
>> > -sriranga(77yrsold)
>> I cannot remember, But I use Fedora live Usb creator exe file for my
>> friend's laptop.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM, narendra sisodiya
>> > <narendra.sisodiya at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I do not have much idea of Window exe files.
>> >> But once I have used Fedora Live USB creator ( exe) for Windows. When
>> >> I clicked that exe it brings a GUI for crating live usb. For using it,
>> >> I need not to install it.
>> >>
>> >> In nutshell I have observed that in Windows we can run software as one
>> >> exe which do not need installation. (It is also like ./a.out with all
>> >> lib statically linked)
>> >>
>> >> Now think for a imaginary exe file which is a modification of
>> >> Virtualbox or Qemu or any other such technology. Consider this exe has
>> >> a live image of ubuntu inside it. As a result, when someone click on
>> >> this exe file, this will bring a full screen window which will boot a
>> >> live ubuntu with all softwares(in next 30 seconds).
>> >>
>> >> If we can make such one click Ubuntu.exe files (4GB will be good
>> >> size), It will be possible to many windows users to make a instant
>> >> trial. This will bring down the barrier of "installing GNU/Linux".
>> >>
>> >> I think such projects will be a great use for conversion process and
>> >> try. As I do not have much knowledge on Vbox and windows, I can just
>> >> share the idea.
>> >>
>> >> Comments ??
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Something like this [1] perhaps?

[1] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-scrnsave/

I tried this with Knoppix long ago. With the advances in creating live
environments in any distribution, it should be quite easy to
accomplish it now. An scr (Screensaver file) is sort of a glorified
windows executable.