doslinux VS wubiuefi

Windows 3.x and 9x are "shells on top of DOS" the same way that Linux can be a "shell on top of DOS": https://github.com/haileys/doslinux

There's this, a "DOS Subsystem for Linux": https://github.com/haileys/doslinux

Would you consider WSL for DOS a good enough approximation of the reverse process?

https://github.com/haileys/doslinux

DOS Subsystem for Linux\ (89 comments)

It has a fork for UEFI systems but it's also not updated anymore https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi Though it still works more or less

wubi was also awesome letting install and use Ubuntu as a single file on your Windows drive

There is a modern fork which more or less works https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Looks like someone already did! https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases

Went down a rabbit hole clicking that link and discovered a modern fork of it that still works today! https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Link: https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

I wish Ubuntu didn't kill Wubi tho. We used that at my first workplace on laptops with Windows and it was so damn good. There is a new fork [0] but it's a hit and miss with modern UEFI and especially with Windows 11 (had to use it for some reason). And other distros never had an option like this afaik, none does as of today. But I know it's all about Docker, VMs, or WSL nowadays yet Wubi covered a niche segment which was pefect.

0, https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

Wubi. It creates an iso inside your partition and you can delete it without any hassle. It's a little slower than running on bare metal though.

If you have Windows installed, you can try WubiUEFI (if you have a UEFI system). It installs like any other windows app and can be removed if needed. https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases/tag/20044r344

Yeah ther's a new version of it https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi .