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TIL you can run Q4OS inside Windows without a VM (q4os.org)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Is this, like, incredibly novel, common, or somewhere in between? I've never heard of this apart from WLS...

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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

From the documentation site you linked, Q4OS doesn't run inside Windows. The Q4OS installer runs inside Windows, and it stores the root filesystem for Q4OS as a file inside an existing Windows drive partition. I'm not personally aware of other Linux OS's that do either of these things, nor do I particularly desire a Linux OS that does either of these things. I can see it being useful if you want to keep your Windows installation fully intact. I imagine disk I/O performance takes a small hit.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Ubuntu used to have an option for that and the screen shot from the site looks quite a bit like the old Ubuntu installer.

    I wouldn't be surprised if they forked that installer from Ubuntu at some point.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Can Q4OS installed that way access files from the Windows partition?

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