Light Weight Linux 2

Yet another light weight linux for window's users :
And Linux is another distro that runs inside windows like wubi. It uses co Linux and is based on Ubuntu. It will allow you to run Linux applications in Windows. It is yet one more option for running Linux and is a way to get your feet wet without even leaving Windows.
Purists will cringe because it does not free the user from Windows problems such as viruses and fragmented hard drives since it sits on a top of Windows, but it is just something to consider. If you are stuck with using windows in your day job and want to add a little Ubuntu flavor then give it a try.

Visit them at : http://www.andlinux.org/

I have tried other kinds of CoLinux in the past, but this one is Ubuntu based. I think that it was called Topogilinux when I used it and it was not Ubuntu flavored. I am not sure if they are the same project or just similar. Anyway it works and is easy to setup.

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Light Weight Linux

There are so many applications which will allow you to use linux on Windows such as VMWARE , Virtual Box etc. Or there is some emulator kind of software's which will allow you to run Linux on Windows.

One such application today what I am going to discuss is wubi its just like a software we can install and it will install linux on your system with out modification of your partitions/partition table. Its as simple as pressing next, next, next and then just restart the system, you will find Ubuntu and Windows on your system and start up screen as a duel boot. This is some thing like virtual machine. And some other similar applications are.
www.cygwin.com
www.mingw.org
www.colinux.org

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Linux Routing Basics

For Solaris routing click here

As most of the people doesnot know that linux/*nix systems can be used as routers. Even there is a project called Linux routing and seperate Linux OS routing purpose alone thats the flexibility of Linux. In linux/*nix every work can be done in two ways.

That is one temporary way(after reboots these changes will not be there) and second one is permanent way(after reboots too the changes will be there).

Creating routes in Linux : Basic Linux routing
Add a route to a network
#route add -net network/mask gw default-gateway Example #route add -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 192.168.0.1

Adding default gateway
#route add default gw default-gateway Example #route add default gw 192.168.0.1

Adding a route to specific host
#route add -host host-name gw default-gateway Example #rotue add -host 2.34.5.6 gw 192.168.0.1

Deleting route to a network
#route del -network network/subnet default-gatewayExample #route del -net 10.10.10.0/24 gw 192.168.0.1

Deleting default gateway
#route del default gw default-gatway

Example :
#route del default gw 192.168.0.1

Deleting specific host from routing table
#route del -host ip-add gw default-gateway Example #route del -host 10.10.10.45 gw 192.168.0.1

Seeing routing table
#netstat -rn #route

Note : The old gate way will still remain and may need to be taken out for the system to function properly. Routes are made permanent in Red Hat Linux by adding routes to /etc/sysconfig/static-routes.

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