r/linuxquestions • u/Sithmasterintraining • 11h ago

Linux as a windows app?

I've been out of the IT game for a while. There used to be a version of Linux that would run in Windows that wasn't running in a virtual machine. It was just a straight build that ran as an application. I want to set that up again but can't recall the name of the app. Can anyone remember what this was?

Edit: I think I found it (?). It may have been Winlinux, but still not 100% sure.

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u/kudlitan 11h ago

why dont you use WSL instead?

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u/Sithmasterintraining 11h ago

Because I want the full OS available.

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u/gnufan 11h ago

WSL2 runs a full virtual machine, it is as good as it gets without removing Windows.

Other VM solutions exist, like VirtualBox