Emulation

[Pedro Morales]

--- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Pedro Morales wrote:
> > thanks for the answers, using vnware at college
> now,
> > tho my goal was running windows programs in linux
> or
> > at least learn if a shell is doable to run a
> windows
> > program under linux without emulating, but I'll
> keep
> > looking =)
> 
> There is no way to run a Windows program under Linux
> without _some_
> form of emulation.  You must either run WINE (an
> emulation layer),
> Win4Lin (run a real copy of Windows as a task under
> Linux) or vmware
> (run a real copy of Windows in a separate virtual
> machine).  Windows
> and Linux are RADICALLY different beasts.  You can't
> expect a part
> for a Ferrari to fit a Chevy, can you?

It's doable ;)

> > wine looks good, so ill keep checking that.
> 
> WINE is limited.  It works for most business-related
> programs (such as
> Microsoft Office and the like), but it won't run
> most games, video or
> sound editing software or a lot of utilities. 
> Anything that needs fast
> access to the hardware or uses DirectX will probably
> have problems

well, that's what I thought, reason why im using
vmware, im serious about my studies that's why im
linux 99%, need that other 1% to stay windows for that
only game which keeps me sane =) 

thanks for the answers


	
		
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