Ubuntu Eye for the Debian Guy: Running Linux on Linux
Take a journey around the world of Ubuntu 7.10 without exiting from Debian. Along the way, you'll learn how to run multiple Linux-in-Linux instances for development and study.
by Roberto Giorgetti
March 7, 2008
ometimes you can stumble upon interesting discovers while actually looking for something else. That happened to me when I decided to try another Linux distribution besides my favorite one: Debian. I have used Debian since 1998 when I was a budding Java developer trying to install a Java Virtual Machine under Linux. Back then, Debian 2.1 (slink) was the only distribution that allowed me to do this. I've used Debian ever since and have become an experienced Debian user and administrator who enjoys solving a lot of usability challenges manually.
All along I have resisted the lure of other Linux distributions and I believe I did not miss much during these years. However, as Ubuntu increasingly became a worldwide phenomenon, I eventually decided to try it but didn't want to leave Debian behind. So I decided to use virtualization: I would run Linux (Ubuntu) on Linux (Debian).
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ometimes you can stumble upon interesting discovers while actually looking for something else. That happened to me when I decided to try another Linux distribution besides my favorite one: Debian. I have used Debian since 1998 when I was a budding Java developer trying to install a Java Virtual Machine under Linux. Back then, Debian 2.1 (slink) was the only distribution that allowed me to do this. I've used Debian ever since and have become an experienced Debian user and administrator who enjoys solving a lot of usability challenges manually.
