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TIL you can run Q4OS inside Windows without a VM (q4os.org)
submitted 13 hours ago by Flagstaff@programming.dev 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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[-] vole@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

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.

[-] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

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.

[-] nykula@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

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

[-] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

I have no idea, though I would lean "probably not" if I had to guess.

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