Is there an application that allows you to use Linux but run windows programs?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at
19:23
I’m using Ubuntu Linux and I wanted to know if there was an application that allows you to use windows programs.
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The best way IMnsHO is to run programs that can be run on both Linux and Windoze – Openoffice runs on both and can create Office-compatible doc, xls and ppt files. Firefox, Thunderbird, FreeMind, Password Gorilla, Flash, and many other progams run with both OSes.
You can try WINE and various virtual machine programs, but to be honest, do you think that you can install them and configure them? If you could, you probably would have already known about them and not had to post your question.
Nope. You want windows programs you need windows on the computer. So I would put windows 98 on it or windows XP.
As has been mentioned there is WINE, however by no means will it run all Windows software so it cannot be depended upon.
A far better solution is to install Windows on a virtual machine within Linux. This way you will have almost entire compatability as the software will be running on the native Windows platform.
I recommend VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/ its versatile and very user friendly.
LUg.
Hello.
There are a few such programs, with a few of them costing money. WINE, Cedaga, Crossover, and VMware.
One of the most used, and free ones is WINE:
http://www.winehq.org/
Although Wine Is Not an Emulator, it does a great job of allowing many Microsoft programs to install and run under Linux. To install (Under Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get install wine
Another choice is VMware. It is a virtualization software that enables you to use many other operating systems inside of one computer operating system, by creating a virtual computer disk image.
http://www.vmware.com/
The drawback to VMware is that you will need a windows installation CD or disk image to create/install the operating system into VMware.
CrossOver Linux :http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/ is another program that claims to be able to run Windows applications effortlessly. It does cost a bit more money, but states it is able to play many of the latest windows games under Linux
Hope this helps.