Friday, April 20, 2007

TopologiLinux - Running Linux inside Windows

If you think this is a stuff that tells us about a GNU/Linux operating system topology, you're completely wrong. Because this is just another kinds of GNU/Linux distro which is a slackware-based variant. An interesting part from this distro that it can run on windows partition natively.

Topologi linux come in two mode: Colinux mode and Real Mode
a. Colinuxmode:
in this mode, you can install it directly into windows partitions ofcourse with a coLinux support ( tools for optimize operating your linux in windows natively).
b. Real Mode:
which means you can install this distro likely as general linux installation especially in native slackware installation.

This distro support for installing into NTFS filesystem. Based on official site, latest release (when I wrote this article) is 6.1.0 which support 6 GB software repository. Full version is bundled into 1 installation DVD. Beside that, this distro still use native slackware's package format (.tgz) and can run under Windows Vista.

There are also some FAQ and complete installation howto on official site. But there is no full documentation that spesifically for this distro as far as I know. Maybe you can use slackware documentation as reference.

related link:
www.topologilinux.com