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Running Linux Inside of Windows With QEMU

For Linux users who are stuck on Windows at work all day, it's easy to run a copy of Damn Small Linux in a window inside of Windows XP.

  1. Go to the Damn Small Linux download page
  2. Download the current version of dsl-embedded (the current version is Damn Small Linux 3.1 and the file is called dsl-3.1-embedded.zip)
  3. Unzip the downloaded file
  4. Double-click on the file called dsl-windows.bat

Damn Small Linux will then be running in a window on your Windows XP computer. It's really that easy. Check it out:

Running Damn Small Linux in QEMU on Windows XP