What's Wrong With Utux-Utux?

Did you ever think about that? Will Windows and Linux be compatible each other? That's topic of the day =). I'm gonna tell you a couple of tools to make the dream comes true. Just sit, relax and read this carefully. And don't forget to use your seat belt. Cause we will move to next 100 years just in 50 seconds. Hahaha...

Once Windows had to life in Linux
It's a common secret there was a Windows emulator called WINE in Linux. You can simply
launched your Windows .exe extension in Linux System, even DotA with that tool. Or Cedega, Windows game emulator for Linux.

But there were another tool works not only one by one application launcher like the Wine does. It's a whole Windows System stuck on your Linux. And neither did virtualization such as vmware etc. Let me see you the preview first.



That's it! It's combine betwen Virtualizartion and Wine. And thank's to SeamlessRDP for the usefull tool.

Here are all you need :
* Seamles RDP for connecting Windows to Linux
* Rdesktop for connecting Linux to Windows
* VMware for installing Windows in Linux
* Samba for sharing files between Linux-Windows
* Compiz Fusion for 3D effect, Optional

And here is the HOW TO copy pasted from linux.com =)

To start, install Windows XP in VMware with the usual options, and make sure to set the network connection option to Network Address Translation (NAT). This simplifies the connection from the host machine. After you complete the Windows installation, log in and set a password for an account you've created that you'll call from Linux. You must allow remote connections to this Windows virtual machine, which you can do by going to Start -> Control Panel -> System (you may have to switch to the classic view). Once the system icon opens, go to the Remote tab and check "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer."

Now install VMware Tools for your Windows XP virtual machine. You must know which IP address the VMware DHCP server assigned to the virtual machine; to find it, open up a DOS console and type ipconfig.

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Next, install SeamlessRDP from within your Windows virtual machine. Open Internet Explorer and download the SeamlessRDP zip file. Create a directory under C: (C:\seamless) and extract the archive's content there. Unzip the three files into the directory; you'll use seamlessrdpshell.exe later.

Now you can log off the Windows session, but don't turn off the virtual machine. Once you have Windows displaying the Welcome screen, you can close the VMware Server console, leaving the Windows XP virtual machine session is alive in the background. A simple ps -ef | grep vmware proves it's still there.

Now it's time to use rdesktop. First, try to open a simple application, such as Notepad. Start a terminal session under Linux, and run this command from your xterm:

rdesktop -A -s "c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe notepad" 192.168.217.129 -u admin -p secret

Of course, change the IP address, username, and password to match your settings. If everything is OK, you should see the Notepad application pop up on your Linux system.

The -A option enables the SeamlessRDP mode that creates an X11 window for each application you launch. This option requires you to set a shell (-s) that launches the application indicated in the rdesktop command. Notice that you're using the directory you created and the SeamlessRDP application, c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe. The argument to this command is the Windows program that you wish to run. You need the full path if the program isn't in the regular path variable.

The -u and -p switches are optional. If you don't use them, the application will launch a Windows login screen asking for credentials.

Note that when you close Notepad or any other Windows-launched application, the rdesktop connection is still on. You must log out, because until you do, rdesktop won't be able to start other applications. Since you don't have a desktop and a Start menu from which to log off, you must go to the Windows XP virtual machine and press Ctrl-Alt-Del, then log off, or restart the virtual machine.

Once you know how to launch a Windows application from rdesktop with the SeamlessRDP option, try it with explorer.exe itself. This application creates a full desktop environment so users can interact mainly through the menu bar. If you run it "as is," it will pop up the full Windows XP desktop (including the wallpaper, icons, and shortcuts on the desktop).

If that's too intrusive for you, you can hack the Windows registry to get rid of the desktop and keep only the menu bar. Once you're in Windows XP again, launch the Registry editor by going to Start -> Run and typing regedit. Search for HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer. Once there, right-click on the right panel and select New -> DWORD Value. Name it NoDesktop, then click on it and change the data value to 1. Close the Registry editor and restart Windows.

When you turn off your Linux system, any virtual machine that is running in the background will obviously be lost, so you must start the VMware virtual machine and close the server console every time you want to connect to Windows this way. Before running the rdesktop command, consider moving your menu bar from the bottom of the screen to the top, because the Windows bar will sit there.

Now run the rdesktop command like this:

rdesktop -A -s 'c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe' 192.168.217.129 -u admin -p secret

Voilà! After a few seconds, you should have the Windows XP menu bar at the bottom of the screen, and you should be able to launch any application you have installed. You've created the illusion that both operating systems are working on the same machine at the same time. Very cool.

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Linux Live in Windows Environtment
Now, it's time to you to feel the Linux application launched in Windows Desktop. Opposite of the above.

• KDE for Windows

First, you can use KDE designed for Windows that you can download here. It will download all of KDE's packages and install it to your windows system. All of KDE Environtment brought to your Windows Desktop. Sound Nice, Right?
Here is the preview.

• andLinux

Another way, you may attracted to andLinux. It isn't only bring the Linux Desktop, but also all of Linux Virtualization on your Windows. It brings KDE Desktop Environtment and XFCE. Unfortunately for Gnome lover. andLinux didn't support it. The other different is you can add another program later with Synaptic. Based on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon, you just add the Ubuntu repository to synaptic and start to install.
You can download here:
- KDE version up to 600MB =D
- XFCE version

Now, it's up to you deciding what tool suited on you.