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Unix-based windows?
« Reply #25 on: June 08, 2004, 10:20:48 AM »
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What you are asking for does not exist, and probably never will.  Running old Windows apps on ANY kind of non-Windows OS requires some sort of additional applications or emulators.
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« Reply #26 on: June 15, 2004, 03:04:13 PM »
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KDE>GNOME>=EXPLORER

Thats the law of the universe. And don't you forget it.Biyatches.

That makes little to no sense, but thanks for the attempt.


KDE is greater than GNOME which is greater than or equal to EXPLORER.

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« Reply #27 on: June 15, 2004, 03:08:30 PM »
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Re: Unix-based windows?
« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2004, 03:22:24 PM »
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Applications, if stuck to a standard of code (not relying on a particular OS function), can be easily ported to platforms where a compiler exists. QT is an example of cross platform development where your applications can be brought to Linux, Windows, Mac, etc.


In theory XP is POSIX compliant which means you should be able to take any POSIX code, compile it and run it on any other POSIX OS.

The problem occurs with the GUI's API which is definately not standard. Being that MS (and most games) uses DirectX to draw things to the screen. Which gets into licensing issues etc etc...

See http://www.transgaming.com/ http://www.linuxgames.com/ and http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/ for more info about running games in Linux. (Links snarfed from http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20040412/index.html)
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