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Looking for a little help with Linux. I'm not to sure on it but I would like a little info on it for my college assignment. What sort of software is available for it and will run most types that are available for Windows? If it does run Windows based software how does it do it? Just a basic answer please. I think it is possible by emulation if I remember correctly?
Coin wrote:
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> So basically, using Wine, I can run anything I could run on windows?
Not quite anything.
[URL]http://www.winehq.com/[/URL]
I guess that will answer all your questions, large DB of games/app and their compatibility too.
The only thing I'd add is that sometimes getting stuff to work can take an awful lot of tweaking despite the site's claims of 100% working.
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> So basically, using Wine, I can run anything I could run on windows?
Not quite anything.
[URL]http://www.winehq.com/[/URL]
I guess that will answer all your questions, large DB of games/app and their compatibility too.
The only thing I'd add is that sometimes getting stuff to work can take an awful lot of tweaking despite the site's claims of 100% working.
gamesfreak wrote:
> You can run Windows software on Linux through something called Wine.
> Wine is not an emulator, its a package which sets up a
> "native windows environment", in other words, it has all
> the basic DLLs and system files which allows Windows software to use
> to help it run.
Waiiit.
So basically, using Wine, I can run anything I could run on windows?
> You can run Windows software on Linux through something called Wine.
> Wine is not an emulator, its a package which sets up a
> "native windows environment", in other words, it has all
> the basic DLLs and system files which allows Windows software to use
> to help it run.
Waiiit.
So basically, using Wine, I can run anything I could run on windows?
Thank you. That will pretty much do the job for what is needed. I can now rest a little easier.
Cid Vilante wrote:
> Looking for a little help with Linux. I'm not to sure on it but I
> would like a little info on it for my college assignment. What sort
> of software is available for it and will run most types that are
> available for Windows? If it does run Windows based software how does
> it do it? Just a basic answer please. I think it is possible by
> emulation if I remember correctly?
Quite a vast scope for a question here but I'll try my best.
Most software you find on Windows has a Linux alternative. So, lets say, MSN messenger as an example - There are quite a few clients for Linux which are similar to messenger.
Same with Office/Photoshop (Gimp) etc.
You can run Windows software on Linux through something called Wine. Wine is not an emulator, its a package which sets up a "native windows environment", in other words, it has all the basic DLLs and system files which allows Windows software to use to help it run.
> Looking for a little help with Linux. I'm not to sure on it but I
> would like a little info on it for my college assignment. What sort
> of software is available for it and will run most types that are
> available for Windows? If it does run Windows based software how does
> it do it? Just a basic answer please. I think it is possible by
> emulation if I remember correctly?
Quite a vast scope for a question here but I'll try my best.
Most software you find on Windows has a Linux alternative. So, lets say, MSN messenger as an example - There are quite a few clients for Linux which are similar to messenger.
Same with Office/Photoshop (Gimp) etc.
You can run Windows software on Linux through something called Wine. Wine is not an emulator, its a package which sets up a "native windows environment", in other words, it has all the basic DLLs and system files which allows Windows software to use to help it run.
Looking for a little help with Linux. I'm not to sure on it but I would like a little info on it for my college assignment. What sort of software is available for it and will run most types that are available for Windows? If it does run Windows based software how does it do it? Just a basic answer please. I think it is possible by emulation if I remember correctly?