Thread: Linux Question

Originally Posted by Phoenix of Love

Yep I have a nother one


I was talking to my friend about diffrent OS then Mircosoft and we got on to the subject of Linux (big suprise eh?) well anyway I forgot what he said the program was called but it fixes the compatblity problems of XP softwear is this ture ? if os whats it called?

...Wha? Are you saying there's supposed to be a program for Linux that makes it compatible w/ Windows XP stuff? Or a Windows XP program that makes it compatible w/ Linux?

Grumble Grumble Grumble

If you want to compile and run LINUX application on Windows XP, there's the Cygwin project... (Note, this package is not for the faint of heart. serious GNU coders need only apply)...
http://www.cygwin.com/

....OR

Are you refering to a program for linux so you can try and use Windoze based software?

If that's what you're looking for you're wasting your time. There is a package out there that tries to emulate everything for windows on a linux filesystem but if you want to use Win programs just install WinXP and use LILO or another boot loader to swap between systems.

You can run windows apps on linux, check out WINE http://www.winehq.com/ its not perfect, but it does work in many cases.

Dan

I think Dan got it thats what I was told but I'll double check the program name after spring break

i'd say just go with jao's advice anyway. it will cause a minimum of issues...