Linux Launcher BETA 1.0.5 for Windows

Why not move these to beta testing.

What emulator is in each of them? John wanted these, but he's worried about how QEMU (the emulator of dsl) includes FMOD, which is closed source and violating the GPL.
But these Linux distro's (with the exception of DSL) are pretty interesting, I'll definetly check them out.
BTW, do you have a non-rapidshare mirror? Rapidshare is kinda slow.

Have you setup these files yourself? If so can you edit the kolibriOS portable so that it loads. Someone has forgotten to change the hda name from capse-rw.img to hdadisk.img. I haven't checked the backtrack yet but that might also need changing. DSL works fine.
Thanks for the uploads and links.

Rapidshare with it's stupid 'cat on a character' security is designed to fail I can't get past it with my eyesight. So, if you want people to try your stuff, I'd suggest another distribution method or at least an alternative one.
Edit: Just wanted to say thank you for switching to Box for your server.

Please, I'm on a shared computer, and I can't download from rapidshare, courtesy of previous users. Is there somehwere else I can download these files? I waaaant them!

Turn off scripting and RapidShare is only half as hellish.

Can't access options, shared computer.
edit: about:config is always quite useful. Thanks for the help!

Why do I need multiple emulators?

Getting NSIS errors after selecting the distro to run.

The error states the installer is corrupted or incomplete. The distro seems to run ok, I have only tried DSL and Kolibri so far. I'm on a work PC so don't want to download the bigger images.

Thought you might want to know.

BTW
WinXP Pro
Running from C drive as I haven't enough space on my stick yet....

What would be he path to the virtual HD in Damn Small ?

I just found the site and started playing with this beta today. I have two questions though:

1. Is there a way to change the default size when not running in full screen? I don't want to run in the full screen mode, but the box that is open is too small for my monitor resolution right now.

2. Any chance of adding an option for Kubuntu? I know you mentioned you had enough options, but this one should be fairly easy I would think since it is the same as Ubunutu with just a different desktop manager. It would be awesome if I could have Kubuntu running on my work machine in a window from a USB stick.

Again thanks for the work and a great idea.

-Eric

When I try to run this in Vista Home Premium I get a Qemu has stopped working message and have to close it, Has anyone else had this issue? Im gonna try it in compatibility mode and see what I get.

EDIT: I tried different combinations of XP-SP2 combatbility modes on LninuxLancher.exe, LaunchDSL.bat, and qemu.exe and I am still getting the error when qemu starts.

Sure, it would be nice if one could download and run with your batch every Linux Distribution in Qemu that he like, but there are so many, it would be a fulltime job for you It's a nice collection, that you have there to show and demonstrate the concept,...
Well, Puppy and Kubuntu would be nice too (and especially these two) but others would find the whole BSD Collection or Gentoo or SuSe, or whatever more interesting - but on the other hand: you showed the way how to make it, and someone who wants to have a special distro only has to download it take one of your launcher scripts and change the filename to the ISO and some options for Qemu - and in my oppinion, someone who wants to run linux in a VM like Qemu, should be able to edit a batch, too

By the way you batch files are a great work, they must have take you hours But, have you ever take a look at the Qemu Manager ? it comes with Qemu 0.90/0.91, KQemu and a nice GUI, that helps to make the Qemu VM very good configurable - even for lesser advanced users. You can configure various VMs for example one for every ISO, that is in the QemuManager Folder.
It is available as installer and Zip package that should be portable like it is said in the Infos to the zip.
It seems to be perfect for this project or maybe an official PortableApps Linux Emulator
The sources for the QemuManager are available on the download page too - so it is open source but i can't find any special Licence. The author only say the following about the Sources in the lictype.tx in the Sources-Package:

 Qemu Manager is provided "as-is," without any express or implied warranty.
In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages arising from the
use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use Qemu Manager and it source code for any purpose,
provided that the following condition is met:

1. The origin of Qemu Manager must not be misrepresented; you must not
   claim that you wrote Qemu Manager. 

The Qemu Manager was the first thing I thought of when i tried your Portable Linux - i think it could be worth a try to continue the Portable Linux with Qemu Manager, cause it would be more User friendly - especially for less advanced users then the batchfiles.

Well, I only wanted to suggest it, I don't know if it would a good idea to do something with QM or not

Regards Marc

any screenshots of what it looks like?

the reason kqemu doesn't work is because its an NSIS installer, and NSIS installers dont like to be UPX'ed.

take a look at http://www.h7.dion.ne.jp/~qemu-win/ under the topic accelarators you can find the download for Kqemu for Windows

Kqemu-1.3.0pre11 installer.
http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~kazuw/qemu-win/Kqemu-1.3.0pre11-install.exe
Please uninstall your old version before installing it. It is "KQEMU virtualization module for QEMU" in the control panel->add/remove software. The new Kqemu is installed as "QEMU Accereration Module".

as far as i know it is the only Kqemu port for Windows.

**google is your friend

Is there a Manuel for this program. It would be very useful.

I very like the idea of making a Launcher for many types of Linux on Windows. I am testing the Damm Small Linux. It is a little slow but it works perfectly!!! Sadly i cannot run the QEMU Emulator on Windows Vista!!!

"landchri"

Is there a way to tell what version I have? I downloaded from the main link (http://www.box.net/shared/bgpjdj68s8) but the title bars and .bat files still say that it is "Linux Launcher 0.4 BETA".

...of Kubuntu (http://www.kubuntu.org/index.php)

If anyone is interested, I made a small program which takes 4 inputs relating to a distro and creates a bat file to launch that distro (nb it is command line only), it uses an external template file, so that can be changed and all the launcher files can be updated easily.
DL: http://www.box.net/shared/314v4xccos (~8 KB)

This is meant to be a addition to this software and only works with the same set up. The template file is just a modified version of the launchers which come packaged in this app.

Maybe you should stick the readme for llm.exe in the file (renamed to llm_readme.txt or something else logical) so that people can work out what it is for.

I personally don't like the window managers in the other micro linux distros (DSL, Puppy Linux, DeLi). A few days ago I read of a distro called SliTaz which seems very cool. They also claim to be the smallest desktop distro in the world. You don't really need to add this to your list of supported distros, I just thought I would let you and everybody else know about it. Enjoy.

I have the same problem -> Qemu is not running under Vista. It stops. Does anybody know how to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

http://lifehacker.com/5070747/ubuntu-810-released-includes-bootable-usb-...

Can someone create a quick manual for this? I'll try using the application to use Ubuntu portably but frankly I don't understand a thing - I'm a total noob.

Fedora's tool to create a bootable USB drive works on Windows and Linux.

https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Lifehacker Review
http://lifehacker.com/391067/fedora-9-puts-your-desktop-on-a-usb-drive

The liveusb-creator is a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems on to USB flash drives.
Features

* Completely non-destructive install. There is no need to deal with formatting or partitioning your USB key.
* Supports downloading various Fedora releases, including Fedora 9 and above!
* Automatically detects all of your removable devices
* Persistent storage creation. This lets you to allocate extra space on your USB stick, allowing you to save files and make modifications to your live operating system that will persist after you reboot. This essentially lets you carry your own personalized Fedora with you at all times. (Note: only works with Fedora 9 and above)
* SHA1 checksum verification of known releases, to ensure that you've downloaded the correct bits
* Works in Windows and Linux.

I install Wine Most apps will run fine.

I use Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS Desktop Edition. I installed it inside windoes (like any other windows software program) using 10gig install (just to test it out), I downloaded and installed the correct wine patch, it was not that hard. and it ran PA fine. That is the first thing to try. there are other linux based programs similar to wine test them and let us know if they work as well.