Virtualization with coLinux

coLinux is a great way to use and experiment with Linux. Like Cygwin, it allows you to develop and execute Linux applications on the Windows operating system (through coLinux). You can also maintain the Linux operating system by installing, upgrading, or removing applications with apt-get.

Unlike Cygwin, you can execute Linux applications on coLinux without rebuilding. In this respect, coLinux is a real Linux operating system that runs (or cooperates) with the Windows operating system.

Virtualization with VmWare, Xen, and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) are all the rage these days. But did you know that you can run Linux® cooperatively with Microsoft® Windows®? This article explores Cooperative Linux (coLinux), starting with a quick introduction to virtualization and then looking at the approach taken by coLinux. You’ll also see how to get coLinux up and running on Windows.
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Cooperation is probably the last thing you think of when considering GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, but that’s exactly what you get with the coLinux kernel. Not convinced? Skip ahead to “Advantages of coLinux.”

coLinux is a port of the Linux operating system that executes as a single process in the Microsoft operating system. The operating systems cooperate with each other by giving each other the central processing unit (CPU)

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