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Win4Lin is a discontinued proprietary software application for Linux which allowed users to run a copy of Windows 9x, Windows 2000 or Windows XP applications on their Linux desktop. Win4Lin was based on Merge software, a product which changed owners several times until it was bought by TreLOS Inc. Citing changes in the desktop virtualization industry, the software's publisher, Virtual Bridges, has discontinued Win4Lin Pro. Products and technology In 2006, Win4Lin came in three different versions, depending on the virtualization requirements of the user. * Win4Lin 9x allowed the user to run a full copy of Windows 98 or Windows Me inside a virtual machine. * Win4Lin Home allowed users to only emulate applications. * Win4Lin Pro offered users the ability to install a fully virtualized Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The Win4Lin 9x/Pro (henceforth the only technology discussed in this section) operates by running Windows applications in a virtual machine. Unlike Wine or CrossOver whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merge (software)
Merge is a software system which allows a user to run DOS/ Windows 3.1 on SCO UNIX, in an 8086 virtual machine. History Merge was originally developed to run DOS under UNIX System V Release 2 on an AT&T 6300 Plus personal computer. Development of the virtual machine began in late 1984, and AT&T announced the availability of the machine on 9 October 1985, referring to the bundled Merge software as Simultask. (The PC 6300 Plus shipped with MS-DOS in 1985 though, because its Unix System V distribution was not ready until the end of March 1986.) Merge was developed by engineers at Locus Computing Corporation, with collaboration from AT&T hardware and software engineers, particularly on aspects of the system that were specific to the 6300 Plus (in contrast to a standard IBM PC/AT). The AT&T 6300 Plus contained an Intel 80286 processor, which did not include the support for 8086 virtual machines ( virtual 8086 mode) found in the 80386 and later processors in the x86 fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |