Can windows applications run on linux?
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at
00:11
I’m a windows user and I’m considering switching to linux.. But I was thinking about the applications I use on windows, will they easily run on linux? will I need additional software to get them run? will they ‘all’ work? are there some kind of applications that will ‘never’ run on linux?
How about MS office and Adobe Illustrator?
Thanks 
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emulator or virtual machine ?? – whats the point in running linux then installing windows into a virtual machine just to run ms office and adobe illustrator,
ms office = openoffice – free, easy, compatable with all ms office documents, can even edit pdf’s,
its usually installed by default in most linux distros,
adobe illustrator = gimp – free, easy and if its not installed by default then its in the repositories
virtually all windows programs have a linux equivalent,
.exe’s will not run on linux, they need the fat or ntfs file systems,
linux is usually ext2 and ext3, the new linux file system is being used more now though – ext4
oh – just a note,
the hardest thing about linux is learning new programs – and knowing that every piece of software you should ever need is in your software management, you just need to know what its called,
e.g – K3B = cd and dvd burning, amarok = music player and library, vlc = media player, firefox = web browsing, etc
They will not run. If they have them for Linux you can look into an emulator or virtual machine.
Dane
no it will not but on linux you can install vmwire and in that app you can install xp i don know about linux but it works with ubuntu
You can use "WINE" to run many Windows applications under linux, but a lot of the time there is no need.
Use OpenOffice instead of MS office (which is compatible with MS office documents) and Inkscape instead of Illustrator. Job done!
MS office under WINE is a bit hit-and-miss, Illustrator generally works ok.