Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
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Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#2So it's cool, and a lot of people might see it as a bad thing that if this took off could potentially bring Linux users back to Windows. I personally think it could do the reverse though and encourage people to try Linux. If they enjoy using some small selection of tools that work on Windows (presumably all CLI tools) then they might be convinced to give a full distro a go. Interesting concept though and I really hope it works out.
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#3So it's cool, and a lot of people might see it as a bad thing that if this took off could potentially bring Linux users back to Windows. I personally think it could do the reverse though and encourage people to try Linux. If they enjoy using some small selection of tools that work on Windows (presumably all CLI tools) then they might be convinced to give a full distro a go. Interesting concept though and I really hop…
I think it would mainly be used by Linux users forced to use Windows for some reason (at work, for example).
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#4"Linux services for Windows NT"
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#5Cool. CoLinux does something similar
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#6This is brilliant! Much more light weight than a VM. I hope they can iron out the remaining kinks.
I used coLinux many moons ago, but it hasn't been updated in any significant way lately, and still doesn't work on 64-bit Windows.
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#7If this can bring me a working * nix shell under Windows, I'd be extremely happy. Windows is great for everything except I have never learned PS as well as I know the * nix shells -- with this, I could enjoy the hardware and proper multi-monitor support, speed and stability (seriously) of Windows and use the * nix command line.
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#8So it's cool, and a lot of people might see it as a bad thing that if this took off could potentially bring Linux users back to Windows. I personally think it could do the reverse though and encourage people to try Linux. If they enjoy using some small selection of tools that work on Windows (presumably all CLI tools) then they might be convinced to give a full distro a go. Interesting concept though and I really hop…
I think it would mainly be used by Linux users forced to use Windows for some reason (at work, for example).
I totally agree with you. Some of us who really like Linux are forced to use Windows at work. This project is really going to help a lot of people :)
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#9very nice project! I hope it takes off
running applications on cygwin can be a pain
Re: Foreign Linux: Run Linux binaries on Windows without drivers or modification
#10Cygwin is impressively complete - if you haven't checked in on it recently, there are over 5000 packages in the official repo (that's more than Arch Linux's official repos), and adding the http://cygwinports.org/ repo gives you full KDE, GNOME 3 and Xfce on windows (although KDE has a first-party port).
What this tool offers over Cygwin is the ability to run unmodified linux binary-only software for which you do not have the source code. For me there's not very much of that although i release some at $DAYJOB.