A Quick Look at Ubuntu Portable
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Honestly, I was expecting Ubuntu Portable to be quite resource hungry, but you should see somewhere around 12 MB of RAM used when running it. Of course, opening other applications will increase this, but not by much. You'll have access to software like Abiword, Gnumeric, Totem Movie Player, Firefox, Pidgin and you will also be able to install new applications through the powerful Synaptic Package Manager.
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When I thought that installing and trying Linux couldn't get any easier, I stumbled upon Ubuntu Portable and I was proved wrong. Coming inside a 438 MB self-extracting 7zip archive, this little application lets you run Ubuntu 8.04.1 and Windows at the same time. If Wubi only installed Ubuntu as a normal application, Ubuntu Portable runs it like a normal application. Open the folder, double click on the run_portable_ubuntu.bat file and in a few moments a panel will appear on top of your screen showing the popular Ubuntu GNOME menu. From there, you can access all the applications installed and they will open inside Windows. To better explain how this works, I'm sure you are familiar with those popular portable application suites that are designed to reside on USB sticks and allow you to run them from any other Windows machine. Well, this is sort of the case for Ubuntu Portable, except you'll run Ubuntu-native applications. And not only will this benefit those who want an operating system on the go, but also those who want to try Linux without risking anything. Full Story |
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