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This is a short sequel for Using Ubuntu in Windows XP as there is a way that you can try Ubuntu without installing Ubuntu or even having virtualization software like VirtualBox.

Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a software that runs Ubuntu on Windows, without requiring any installation.
You can have Ubuntu with you in a thumbdrive and run it on multiple computers with your files in the thumbdrive too.

Download it here.

It is an executable zipped file which will need extraction. Extract it to your selected folder or thumbdrive, and just run the run_portable_ubuntu.bat file to load Ubuntu.

A console will load and show you the progress of running Ubuntu. It is kind of a system log if you compared it to running Ubuntu on a system in virtualization mode.

This version of Ubuntu loads as an application toolbar on the top of your Windows Desktop.

It actually runs on XMing (XServer for Windows).

The TopEdge Panel is just like the actual application bar but the available applications are less. You can still select Add/Remove programs.

I encountered some problems downloading the OpenOffice package though.

All the password for Portable Ubuntu adminstrative tasks, especially software installation is 123456.

You can run Terminal console:

Firefox is available too:

The verdict:
Portable Ubuntu for Windows is useful to Windows users interested to test or try out Ubuntu’s application.
Although it is not a full-blown OS, but the portability of it is the main objective of this software, so you can bring this entire portable version of OS in your thumbdrive and files together with it.
However, the creator or creators of this software is not officially from Ubuntu and you might need to check out its forum and contact the creator from this site.

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