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Asked by Daniel Newman

I would like to know if i can prgram for linux using my windows xp computer, I currently have an xp, and it has a small hard-drive so i dont want to partion. And i have a fairly new vista but i dont want to partion or even wipe it atm. Is their some way i could emulate the linux system, like you can with xp on a mac.

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Alan Pope 🍺🐧🐱 🦄 (popey) said : 		#1

Whether you partition or not you need some disk space for the linux filesystem to go in, so if you are short on space it may not be possible either way.

What languages are you planning to use? Many such as python are cross platform, so you can code on Windows and easily port your applications to Linux.

Another alternative might be to install linux on a usb hard disk.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent

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eqskcr (skullmug) said : 		#2

you can use qemu with the live cd

See This
http://homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise/ekeller00/ubuntu/2b_UbuntuInWindows_Qemu_e.html

The only thing is when creating the hd image use "-f qcow"
It will create an image that will start out small and dynamically expand

qemu-img create -f qcow ubuntu.img 10G

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