# coLinux

5 Hacker News commenters recommended coLinux and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free software that ran Linux alongside Windows. People recommend it as a technical feat that worked well for students and for people stuck working on Windows.

## Why people recommend it

- Ran Linux alongside Windows (1 comments): "I remember being hooked on CoLinux when I had to work on Windows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861444))
- Technical feat few people noticed (1 comments): "Colinux was a tech feat, just not that many people noticed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862456))
- Useful for students (1 comments): "One of the best software I ever used as a student" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164143))
- Worked well for needs (1 comments): "it worked quite well for my needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47866107))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [QEMU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qemu.md): 114 recommend
- [UTM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/utm.md): 49 recommend
- [VirtualBox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/virtualbox.md): 34 recommend
- [Lima](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lima.md): 31 recommend
- [Vagrant](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vagrant.md): 25 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "coLinux", https://hackerapproved.com/p/colinux/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).