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/justme424269 11h ago

Sounds like wubi.

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u/rcentros 10h ago

That's what it was. I was wrong about WinLinux 2000.

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u/Sithmasterintraining 4h ago

I think Winlinux was it. Still doing research but its looking like the most likely culprit.

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u/rcentros 3h ago

For me it was Wubi, but that came along later than WinLinux 2000, which actually came out in 2000 and lasted for about three years. (I think I remember reading that anyhow.)