NetTraverse Win4Lin – Run Windows on Linux

Filed in: Linux, Microsoft, Technology — April 27th, 2004

No, this time not Linux for Windows. This is Windows for Linux. With Win4Lin, you can run windows applications like Microsoft Office XP, Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe PhotoShop on Linux in native mode, just same as running on Windows.

However, you are required to have Microsoft Windows 9x/ME license for each user in order to use Win4Lin. In short, you need to buy Microsoft Windows 9x/ME + Win4Lin to enjoy running windows applications on Linux.

Thought:
The ability to run popular windows softwares(Dreamweaver, PhotoShop…) on Linux is great. But the cost is same if not more, because required to buy Win4Lin + Microsoft Windows 9x/ME.

Don’t think there is bright future for this software. If the company willing to buy Microsoft Windows, why it want to waste the resources to implement it on Linux? Since, at the end, the result is the same – run Windows softwares. :neutral:

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  • http://knight.surf.net.my/ knight

    hhhhmmmmm i thought before this got something call Lindows already ?

  • http://knight.surf.net.my knight

    hhhhmmmmm i thought before this got something call Lindows already ?

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    No, Lindows(now known as Linspire) is just another linux distro.
    The ‘Lindows’ is a misleading name :)

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    No, Lindows(now known as Linspire) is just another linux distro.
    The ‘Lindows’ is a misleading name :)

  • http://www.lowks.org/cranium/html/ Platypus

    How is this different from WINE ? :?:

  • http://www.lowks.org/cranium/html/ Platypus

    How is this different from WINE ? :?:

  • http://www.liewcf.com/ LcF

    WINE does not need you to buy MS Windows, Win4Lin need. :lol:
    Win4Lin is running Windows on Linux to run Windows softwares. So, it has better performance when running windows softwares, compare with WINE.

  • http://www.liewcf.com LcF

    WINE does not need you to buy MS Windows, Win4Lin need. :lol:
    Win4Lin is running Windows on Linux to run Windows softwares. So, it has better performance when running windows softwares, compare with WINE.

  • http://www.azellow.com/ Azel

    Yeah, my tots are same too. Wondering what market are they targeting at?

  • http://www.azellow.com Azel

    Yeah, my tots are same too. Wondering what market are they targeting at?

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