Is there an operating system that can run windows, mac, and linux applications?
Sunday, August 14th, 2011 at
21:47
Just wondering if there’s any os that has the capability to run just about anything.
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Simple answer: No
Advanced answer: Sorta. You can run an operating system like Windows or Linux and then you run something like VMware, Hyper-V, or Virtual Box where you can have another OS running. I presently have Windows, Mac and Linux OS’s running on my Machine at work.
None can provide support for all of them, but Mac and Linux can sometimes have compatible applications considering that they run on a similar platform. The structure of the operating systems are sometimes too different, especially between Linux and Windows to have the same architecture for programs to adapt. Also Windows runs off of exe’s and the other two don’t. But there are programs that run as DMG and can be used for Mac and Linux.
I hope that helps
no there isnt as each brand is very different from eachother in their coding so to work it would actualy need 3 processers but it woudnt work
I recommend that you have a look at Sun’s VirtualBox, http://www.virtualbox.org/
"Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4 and 2.6), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD."
There are also other platform virtual machines available, see the wikipedia source for an extensive list. Virtualization software will allow you to install operating systems within a virtual environment so that you can simultaneously run windows, mac, and linux applications.
Hope this helps!