ZDNet: Windows and Linux: in perfect harmony
Aug 29, 2001, 04:57 (3 Talkback[s])
"Fact of life: Nothing does everything for everyone,
even Linux. That's why, as Linux's list of native applications
continues to ramp up to more sizable proportions, Windows is still
a nice thing to have around.
We called on five Windows-on-Linux solutions--VMware GSX Server,
VMware Workstation, Win4Lin, Wine, and WinToNet--to strut their
stuff for us. With an emulator (or, in the case of Wine, a Windows
compatibility layer), you can maintain the Linux foundation while
being able to call up Windows applications as needed. And WinToNet
takes a different tack; it's a Windows NT/2000-based product that
can serve up Windows applications to any client with a
browser--including Linux. Although each of these packages has its
own set of quirks, none is terribly difficult to use, and all tend
to work to varying degrees, depending on what you're looking
for.
Don't forget the obvious: For everything but Wine (and possibly
also for Wine right now), you'll need a copy of Windows itself and
copies of any applications you might want to run. Win4Lin, Wine,
and VMware provide only the platform, not the software. And,
although Linux will function in a modest environment, modesty has
never been one of Windows' virtues. For the emulation products,
you'll need 64MB of memory to run Windows 95; 128MB is Windows 98's
sweet spot."
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