HOWTO: Run a Linux Live CD ISO Inside Windows

Too impatient to burn your iso image file to a CD and try your newly downloaded distro? here’s a not-less-than-1-minute howto to run your Live CD inside Windows. 🙂

“not-less-than-1-minute” = assuming you have downloaded and installed all necesarry files.

Here is the originial link: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/beginners-guide-run-linux-like-any-other-program-in-windows.html

Here is my summarized version:

1. Download and install vmware player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ and extract this config file to any desired folder to run live CDs from http://linux.wolphination.com/data/OS.zip

2. Open the file named OS.vmx (VMWare Configuration File, 1Kb) with notepad.

3. On the line that says “C:\Your file” change it to point to your linux live cd iso file. For example, mine is D:\OS\pclinuxos-2007 since i copy pasted my file to where i extracted the OS zip files.

note: do not delete the double quotes when you edit the file

4. Now click on OS.vmx to start your “live cd booting”.

5. Have fun. 🙂

Step by step Ubuntu Studio Installation Tutorial

I’d really really love to switch to linux and I just found another eyecandy for me. Its Ubuntu Studio 7.04. I have 4GB left to fill my 54GB data partition (this is my reason to my kuya for having to reformat the computer, kunwari its already full but all what is inside are junks and undeleted DVDrip movies sizing upto 900mb each, hehehe). *sigh* I already have MEPIS 6.5 in my stack.

Anyway here’s a digg for you.. or a blink.. or another del.icio.us favorite. A step by step tutorial in installing Ubuntu Studio 7.04

Link’s here: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntustudio_7.04