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<p>New page: ==Navigation== <a href="/computing" title="computing">computing</a>: <a href="/software" title="software">software</a>: <a href="/operating_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="operating systems">operating systems</a>: <a href="/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>/<a href="/Windows_(Microsoft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows (Microsoft)">Windows (Microsoft)</a>: <a href="/Windows_in_Linux" title="Windows in Linux">Windows in Linux</a> ==Overview== This page is about various ways of running [[Window...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Navigation==<br /> [[computing]]: [[software]]: [[operating systems]]: [[Linux]]/[[Windows (Microsoft)|Windows]]: [[Windows in Linux]]<br /> ==Overview==<br /> This page is about various ways of running [[Windows (Microsoft)|Windows]] applications under [[Linux]].<br /> <br /> The two main techniques are:<br /> ===hardware emulation===<br /> Hardware emulation simulates a computer in software, allowing you to &quot;install&quot; the operating system of your choice within a window (and on a &quot;hard drive image&quot;, which is actually a file living on your real hard drive) in Linux.<br /> <br /> Disadvantages:<br /> * runs slowly ([[virtualization]] offers a way around this, but not all emulators offer it and there are compatibility issues)<br /> * Windows files do not co-exist with &quot;real&quot; files on your hard drive; a large chunk of drive space must be dedicated to the emulation<br /> * Cannot paste back &amp; forth between Windows apps and Linux apps; you have to use [[Winpopup]] or other messaging applications<br /> * Limited support for connecting directly to real USB devices or other hardware<br /> <br /> Hardware [[emulators]] include:<br /> * [[qemu]]: supports virtualization<br /> * [[Bochs]]<br /> * [[VirtualBox]]: supports virtualization<br /> ** [http://www.virtualbox.org/ home page]<br /> ** [http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/VirtualBox how to use in Ubuntu]<br /> ===Windows API emulation===<br /> API emulation (which is arguably not &quot;emulation&quot; but merely &quot;compatibility&quot;) attempts to provide, within Linux, all the same services and [[API]] calls which would be available to an application running within Windows. Unfortunately, in actual use many programs will not run with the only existing API emulator, [[WINE]].<br /> ==Related Pages==<br /> * [[Linux vs. Windows]] compares the two operating systems in various ways</div>

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