Win4Lin
| Terminal Command | win or fwin |
| Program URL | http://www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin50/ |
The big claim of Win4Lin is speed. The program doesn't start a virtual machine, but instead runs a DOS environment by translating Windows operations to Linux operations using hooks in the kernel. W4L is definitely a program for the more experienced Linux user, but its speed claim is justified. I admit to not being someone who enjoys patching the Linux kernel, but I have gotten Win4Lin working with a fair amount of tweaking and swearing. When the program is installed and working, running Windows is pretty easy. Because a copy of Windows is running, getting your favorite Windows programs to work isn't too hard.
There are limitations to Win4Lin's ...
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