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- 4DFX, on 02/22/2008, -14/+197The picture is pure animal cruelty.
- mattmcm, on 02/22/2008, -7/+73As usual, these sites steal content from the little guy and re-post it. andLinux was posted by Ravish just two days ago, and he linked directly to the site too.
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Run_Linux_inside_Window ...
Although if you didn't get that original Digg submission and only found out about this now, then this might benefit you I guess... - Ezekiel2517, on 02/22/2008, -6/+43"andLinux works with Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista (32-bit only)"
Yet another reason to kick myself for installing 64-bit Vista. - colonelxc, on 02/22/2008, -1/+38Can I run WINE on andLinux?
- inactive, on 02/22/2008, -1/+27Shouldn't 64bit vista run 32bit apps?
- EmitStop, on 02/22/2008, -6/+32Wasn't this just on the front page, like 3 days ago?
- Sparkster185, on 02/22/2008, -6/+28It certainly should. "should" being the keyword here.
- aywwts4, on 02/22/2008, -5/+26I have never seen tux look so sad...
- gronne, on 02/22/2008, -1/+19from website:
"Cygwin is not a way to run native linux apps on Windows." - GOVATENT, on 02/22/2008, -2/+19or, you can seamlessly run linux apps in linux.
- coltraning, on 02/22/2008, -3/+16What if my box ran OS X 10.5 (Intel) and then i ran VMware to get a copy of Windows Vista running, and then i ran Pear PC inside Windows Vista, which is inside VMware running on OS X 10.5 to run OS X 10.3 (PPC)? Then from within my emulated OS X 10.3 installation, i ran Virtual PC to get to Ubuntu? Then from Ubuntu, which is running inside Virtual PC on an emulated OS X box through Pear PC on Windows Vista inside VMware on Mac OS X, I ran Virtual Box to emulate Windows again and then i ran my Windows apps through Wine on andLinux? Would the universe implode? Is this how black holes form? My head hurts... Would that be Escher?
- Lith25, on 02/22/2008, -3/+15Amarok
- estvir, on 02/22/2008, -3/+13Thank goodness, at least this means you're one less moron I have to worry about running in to when I play videogames on the PC.
- iofthestorm, on 02/22/2008, -2/+12Not ones that require a low level driver though, which something like this would.
- iofthestorm, on 02/22/2008, -2/+11Normally I'd agree with you, but the program's site itself states that it's compatible only with 32 bit Vista.
- wontstoptalking, on 02/22/2008, -2/+11I'm gonna guessing Compiz Fusion isn't an option.
- rcarroll215, on 02/22/2008, -7/+16duplicate... burried
- nailer, on 02/22/2008, -1/+10XaeroVincent:
1. an out of date half-working version of Evolution is not a port.
2. Amarok is in alpha for Win32. It'd not stable.
3. Most Linux applications are not for KDE.
4. We've already established that you don't actually use Linux from your previous comments about how most Linux apps are ported on Windows.
5. Can you please stop moderating everyone who enjoys Linux apps down? And if not, could you please start doing it the Mac section, where they'll be a lot less polite than I am.
6. Welcome to my block list. - ArthurSucks, on 02/22/2008, -2/+11"simply compile?" Are you high?
- voyvf, on 02/22/2008, -2/+10Hey! No recursion!
- TheOther1, on 02/22/2008, -1/+9That is how I run Outlook at work on my Ubuntu system. Kind of cool but it takes RAM and the windows don't behave like native windows (jigly, window shade, etc)
- ArthurSucks, on 02/22/2008, -1/+8An alternative is not always the best. K3B and Amorok are very popular. I'd like to run Banshee and Gnomebaker on windows. Don't forget Cinelerra.
- estvir, on 02/22/2008, -1/+8Oh, absolutely, I wasn't referring to andLinux at all, just replying to digitallysick who was implying that few 32bit apps do work in 64bit.
By the way, the XFCE version of andLinux installs fine on Vista64, but at the moment I'm downloading the KDE version to test that out first. - estvir, on 02/22/2008, -6/+12It does, most of them too. Do you think it's a good idea to believe Digg commenters about something Microsoft related? Go find another site to find out, without people lying.
- kingofpenguins, on 02/22/2008, -2/+9I'm sure if you wine about it enough you'll get it ;)
- JoeDiggsIt, on 02/22/2008, -3/+10I am just asking out of curiosity (as I am a linux n00b). What would be some linux applications people really need to run on Windows that don't have a Windows alternative? Thanks.
- bejayel, on 02/22/2008, -1/+7I have never headr of winblows. Link?
- solidus636, on 02/22/2008, -3/+9I'm guessing emerald won't work...
- Ellipsys, on 02/22/2008, -0/+6I'm using vista 64 on my main (4gb ram) windows machine. Truthfully, 99% of stuff works fine, even if the apps were coded for 32bit. The problems come when you need something that approximates a driver. For instance, if you use the 32bit version of iTunes (Oh hated, hated iTunes), it won't even see my iPhone. I had to find the 64bit version (Which I suspect is not a 64bit application, but rather has the proper certified 64bit drivers for devices), which just came out recently. Aside from drivers, it pretty much works fine, but programs that delve deeper into the OS than standard userspace, may have issues.
- Langford, on 02/22/2008, -1/+7Many of the Linux apps that are available for Windows, are available in slightly older versions, or with missing features because the optional dependencies are missing Windows versions. Also, there is the convenience of being able to update all the Linux software together instead of checking on new binaries separately.
- JasonsLan, on 02/22/2008, -1/+7It is, and the website credits colinux - they just made a pretty installer..
- cquilliam, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6I couldn't agree with you more. I've been waiting so long for Amarok to be released for Windows. I have the developer release installed, but it crashes every time i try to play a song :( I dual-boot my computer for Amarok alone believe it or not.
- RSTaichi, on 02/22/2008, -5/+10Seamlessly? or Shamelessly?
- iofthestorm, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5Well, on the bright side apparently the x64 version of SP1 was actually on Windows Update for a little while today, but by the time I found out it was gone. But really, 64 bit is the way of the future and in two or three years you'll be laughing at all the people who can't run Crysis 2 because it requires 4GB of RAM to run.
- lenninct, on 02/22/2008, -3/+8repost?
- iofthestorm, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6Well, apps that require X might not run on Windows just by recompiling them.
- Tom_Riddle, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6A better question is
Why would anyone wanna run Windows? - andycr512, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6"Is there a Blender for Windows?"
Yeah, it works fine on Windows. - schnikies79, on 02/22/2008, -4/+9"every app you would ever need"
I think you heavily underestimate what people need. I run some proprietary apps with no Linux or mac alternative and you can't run them in emulation because they need direct access to the hardware. - skyshock1, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6SSH.
Not the putty implementation, or those that install a limited cygwin environment, I mean a NATIVE SSH client. - TheG2, on 02/22/2008, -3/+7dot dot dot why
- gaurav4u99, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5Konsole..
- nailer, on 02/22/2008, -4/+8*****. I read the article two days ago.
Lifehacker has a bunch of original content: a review and a step by step install of the KDE version, that's useful if you've already read the other article.
They didn't cut and paste at all, and that's clear to anyone who saw both articles. Claiming Lifehacker steals is crap. - nailer, on 02/22/2008, -2/+6Windows has Firefox, Miro, and Pidgin, but like OS X, still misses out on most desktop OSS apps.
Linux apps worth checking out:
* Evolution (full PIM with smart folders, spamassassin [since before Outlook had either], vertical preview and more)
* Amarok / Banshee / Rhythmbox. Wifi sync for iPhone!
* Cheese (in particular, Hulk mode)
* K3B or Gnomebaker
* Epiphany
* Scribes
* Totem
* Is there a Blender for Windows?
Just a few off the top of my head. - danz32, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5I've been really happy with 64-bit Vista. I have only had to of my school's programs not work (so I just used a XP Virtual Machine.
And today, Microsoft rolled out SP1 to 64-bit users, so there is a huge plus for you :) - SilverBlade2k, on 02/22/2008, -3/+7I'd rather see a way to run OSX on non-Mac hardware without using the Hackintosh method..
- ostracize, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5games
- xkorbin, on 02/22/2008, -1/+5If you could do that, why not run andLinux inside of WINE, and then run WINE inside of the nested andLinux (and then run another copy of andlinux, for the fact that you COULD (why not, really?), and then you could definitely cause the universe to implode, and to make it onto sixty minutes.)
- HonoredMule, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3It looks like Tux has a tummy ache.
- Awspire, on 02/22/2008, -6/+9"That's like saying the only thing that Windows users do is play solatare"
Of course not, we also play Crysis, CoD, The Orange Box, BioShock, etc... -
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