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| name                   = TopologiLinux
| logo                   = TopologiLinux logo.png
| screenshot             = TopologiLinux screenshot.png
| caption                = TopologiLinux Installation under Windows Vista
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| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2002|08|25}}
| latest release version = 7.0.1
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2009|01|10}}
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| language               = English
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| license                = [[GNU General Public License]] v2.0
| website                = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20090210195623/http://topologilinux.com/}} (Archived)
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'''TopologiLinux''' is a free [[Linux distribution]] to be run on an existing [[Microsoft Windows]] system. The main feature of TopologiLinux is that it does not require any partitioning. It is based on [[Slackware]] and [[Cooperative Linux]] (coLinux). TopologiLinux has been chosen as one of nine [[open-source software|open-source]] projects used as principal examples in a study of the characteristics of open-source software (Gacek and Budi 2004).

==Usage==
TopologiLinux creates one hard disk image and other related files in a directory "/tlinux*" (where * represents the version number of TopologiLinux) on a chosen drive using Windows. TopologiLinux cannot be set up through DOS. The user may boot the system through coLinux on Windows or directly on the computer by booting with the TopologiLinux disc.

==Storage system==
TopologiLinux creates a hard disk image file on an [[NTFS]] or [[File Allocation Table|FAT]] partition.

==Usage on Windows==
TopologiLinux uses coLinux to run on Windows; because of the cooperative design of coLinux, it is possible to work on Windows and Linux side by side.

==See also==
* [[Wubi (installer)]]
* [[Paravirtualization]]
* [[Comparison of platform virtualization software]]

==References==
* Gacek, Cristina; Arief, Budi. The many meanings of open source. IEEE Software. 2004 Jan/Feb;21(1):34-40.
* Sharma, Rakesh. Running Linux over Windows without virtualization: TopologiLinux allows you to integrate Linux and Windows on the same system without creating separate partitioning on your hard disk. PCQuest [serial on the Internet]. 7 May 2008 [cited 2008 Aug 27]. Available from: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828000009/http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/handson/2008/108050701.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20080828000009/http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/handson/2008/108050701.asp].

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210195623/http://topologilinux.com/ TopologiLinux Main Website (Archived)]
* {{sourceforge|topologi-linux}}
* {{DistroWatch|topologilinux|NAME=Topologilinux}}
* {{sourceforge|portableubuntu|Portable Ubuntu Remix for Windows}}, another Ubuntu-based coLinux distribution

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