Running Windows programs in Linux
Short summary:
DOS Win3.x Win9x WinNT Win2K FreeBSD Linux. Bochs. DOS Win9x WinME Linux BSD QNX. Wine. Can run DOS Win3.x Win9x and WinNT software ...
Long summary:
Running Windows programs in LinuxPage 1Running Windows programs in LinuxMichael Leone (turgon@mikeleone.com)Leonard Rosenthol (leonardr@lazerware.com)Page 2Why run Windows programs in Linux?Streaming Audio Online Banking No Linux equivalent (i.e. Visual Basic) Multibooting is inconvenient Easier sharing of files between multiple OSson 1 PCNo partitioning complicationsPage 3Commercial solutionsWin4Linwww.win4lin.com $80 downloadable version; $90 retail boxed setVMware www.vmware.com Express$79 online for download version; $99 for retail boxed versionWorkstation$299 online for download version;$330 for retail boxed version30 day demos available for bothPage 4Free (Open Source) SolutionsWinewww.winehq.orgPlex86www.plex8 6.orgBochsbochs.sourceforge.netPage 5OSessupportedWin4Lin Win 9x onlyVMware Express Win9x onlyVMware WorkstationDOS Win3.x Win9x WinNT Win2K FreeBSD LinuxBochsDOS Win9x WinME Linux BSD QNXWineCan run DOS Win3.x Win9x and WinNT softwarePage 6Win4LinRequires a Windows CDThis Windows CD is copied during installation so that each user can have their own personalized copy of Windows installed without needing the CD again.Windows is just another programWindows and its applications live in the standard Linux file system like any other program/file.No limits on the amount of disk space used by Win4LinWindows only takes up the memory it needsPage 7Win4Lin (continued)Native Linux directories can be mapped as drive letters within Windows or shared via SAMBA (v3)Can be configured to either use the hosts Internet connection (transparently) or have its own virtual NIC installed (with its own IP address)New to v3Page 8Win4Lin screenshotPage 9VMwareFull hardware emulation (including BIOS)Creates a full computer within your computer; you get a PC within a window on your desktopDisk Usage differencesVirtual disk asingle file on the host system that appears as if it were a physical disk drive to the guest OS limited in size to 2GPlain disk like a virtual di ...
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