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04-30-2006, 02:03 AM
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Is there any possible program to run Linux applications and programs in windows OS?
Is there any possible program to run Linux applications and programs in windows OS?
If there is where can I get it? Tanx
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04-30-2006, 02:27 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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check out cygwin
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04-30-2006, 02:59 AM
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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Sri Lanka
Distribution: Fedora (workstations), CentOS (servers), Arch, Mint, Ubuntu, and a few more.
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If you dont want to use virtualization, then Cygwin and MinGW might help you.
Otherwise VMWare, Bochs, etc. (virtualization software) may suit you.
Last edited by SkyEye; 05-02-2006 at 07:49 PM.
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05-01-2006, 07:53 AM
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Registered: Apr 2006
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Is it possible to play Linux games in windows by using Cygwin, VMWare, Bochs..etc… ???
What is the best program to install Linux games and play games?
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05-01-2006, 08:47 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Annapolis, MD
Distribution: Arch/XFCE
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With the answers you have already been given, I suggest you search Google using the specific name of the game you want to run plus (eg) Cygwin. I would not think this is a very common question.
something like VMWare lets you run **Windows** on Linux--then you run you game on Windows.
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05-02-2006, 07:43 PM
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Running a game using a virtualization software like VMWare is not impossible. But the additional computaion would makes it prohibitively slow.
If you are considering Cygwin, see these also. Cygwin/X and KDE on Cygwin.
Last edited by SkyEye; 05-02-2006 at 07:51 PM.
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05-02-2006, 07:54 PM
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Originally Posted by ephraim76
What is the best program to install Linux games and play games?
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Linux!
I don't know why you would bother trying to run a Linux game in windows... it seems pointless...
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05-02-2006, 09:02 PM
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as with any emulator(unless its as simple as NES), no matter what platform it is, hardware acceleration support is quite poor.
Linux emulation is a worst case scenario since it is the least standard platform. it is simply impossible to emulate every linux program due variation of how they are written (thats the whole point of linux, users being able to modify stuff).
windows is a better gaming platform, it is undesputed. windows has far stricter standards, and therefore is much easier to emulate.
either way, it is far better to just use one or both, but not mix them.
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05-02-2006, 09:06 PM
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oh yeah, btw if there is a linux game, chances are it also has a windows version, there is tuxracer for windows, there is openttd(Transport Tycoon Deluxe)... i mean since the code is not a secret, it is or probably will be compiled for windows.
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05-02-2006, 10:31 PM
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Registered: Apr 2006
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Can Topologilinux install Linux games?? I'm trying to search for the best emulator to install Linux Games.. Topologilinux also known as Linux inside Windows.. But it does not effect the performance of the Windows system to run Linux game?
http://www.topologilinux.com/index.php?menu=3
Last edited by ephraim76; 05-03-2006 at 01:19 AM.
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