I want to be ready to help beta test the Linux version of PB4 when it becomes available but don't want to actually install Linux on my box (currently WinXP)... or dual-boot either.
I just burned a Live CD version of Ubuntu Linux that lets me boot completely into Linux straight from the CD without installing ... works great.
http://www.ubuntu.com/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BurningIsoHowto
Any of you Linux gurus have any advice on how I can proceed from here?
Couldn't I then just download PB4Linux, save it somehow on a mounted WinXP disk and install/run PB4 from there?
I'm probably making it more complicated that it needs to be ... any advice on how to run PB4Linux without actually installing Linux is appreciated.
PureBasic with Ubuntu Live CD ? How?
If you have a USB flash drive, I would go that route, so you can save your code.
Ubuntu will see the flash drive no problem. Just download and install PB to that then when you are declaring your exports (see README file), just point to flash drive instead of your home folder.
I believe that you would be able to mount your XP partition, but if it is NTFS, you will only be able to read not write (which requires external packages). If it is FAT32, then you might be alright.
See this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/ind ... 75539.html
Ubuntu will see the flash drive no problem. Just download and install PB to that then when you are declaring your exports (see README file), just point to flash drive instead of your home folder.
I believe that you would be able to mount your XP partition, but if it is NTFS, you will only be able to read not write (which requires external packages). If it is FAT32, then you might be alright.
See this: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/ind ... 75539.html