kaibab Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 just thought i'd come here and see if anybody knew if there was a way to run linux apps on windows (or more like XP if it does run on all windows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeDieViL Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 you can use VMwaremake a virtual machine and install Linux on itits the best solution, as kinux emulators work with flaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibab Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 well i was just looking for linux emulators so i can just run the apps without having to install linux on vmware, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 Moved to Software Hangout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datalore Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 CygwinCygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality. A collection of tools, which provide Linux look and feel.I don't know if that'll work, but it seems like it would. I've used it to run KDE on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayroller Posted April 8, 2004 Share Posted April 8, 2004 You could try LINE (the wonderfully recursively named LINE Is Not an Emulator) from http://line.sourceforge.net/. It's still alpha, but so was WINE for Linux for aaages and that worked fine for a good number of win32 apps. It's free, give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibab Posted April 8, 2004 Author Share Posted April 8, 2004 You could try LINE (the wonderfully recursively named LINE Is Not an Emulator)If i could figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmith1 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Check out Cooperative Linux.Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows 2000/XP, without using a commercial PC virtualization software such as VMware, in a way which is much more optimal than using any general purpose PC virtualization software. In its current condition, it allows us to run the KNOPPIX Japanese Edition on Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaibab Posted April 11, 2004 Author Share Posted April 11, 2004 do you have to install it on a seperate partition or does it run kinda like the above mentioned LINE (mainly provide an emulation layer)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmith1 Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 I haven't tried it out myself (yet!), but my understanding is that it will run from within a virtual file system somewhat like VMWare does.I saw it on OSNews lately and it seemed like it was kind of like what you wanted so I mentioned it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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