Microsoft "Windows for Linux"

[Skylar Thompson]

"Vestal, Roy L." wrote:
> 
> How is it different, or is it, from VMware?  I'm currently using VMware.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alfredo Cole [mailto:alfredo at acyc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:30 PM
> To: wine-users at winehq.com
> Subject: Re: Microsoft "Windows for Linux"
> 
> I am using it now. I run MSOffice, IE, Outlook and Media Player. I am trying
> 
> to lure Windows users to Linux that way. All applications seem to run faster
> 
> than in native Windows.

I have not gotten it to work yet (I need more hard drive space - three operating systems
in 4.2 GB), but apparently Win4Lin runs Windoze as an actual Linux process, rather than
starting a virtual machine. This makes it less resource intensive, but a less flexible
than an actual virtual machine.

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