AndLinux

Intro

andLinux is a bundle of several pieces enabling a linux distribution to run with its kernel as a Windows service.

• Ubuntu
• coLinux, a port of the Linux kernel to Windows
• Xming, a X server for Windows
• PulseAudio, the sound server

Tips

Adding a shared drive

Add sth like this to andLinux\settings.txt

cofs1=D:\

And in the /etc/fstab of the Ubuntu:

1 /mnt/d cofs defaults 0 0

Running kgpg

The problem is that once kgpg is iconified, I've no idea where this icon goes and I cannot maximize the window anymore (it's also true for e.g. klipper)
The trick is to use a dcop command to raise the window, you can play with kdcop to experiment
So I added to andLinux\Launcher\menu.txt the following:

Kgpg;kgpg.ico;pgrep kgpg > /dev/null || kgpg;dcop kgpg KeyInterface showKeyManager

The icon was converted from /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/kgpg.png with The Gimp

Windows Explorer integration

In the Windows Explorer there is now on right-click on a file a possibility to open it with Kate.
To do that it is creating the path file:///mnt/win/... so be sure that /mnt/win points to your data partition.