eWeek: Element's Linux Desktop Runs Windows Apps

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"Do you want a Linux and Windows desktop all in one? That's exactly what Element Computer, a Linux hardware vendor, is claiming it will provide July 1. The company says it will become the first to offer a Linux desktop that also runs almost all Windows 95, 98 and ME applications.

"Staten Island, N.Y.-based Element Computer Inc. does this by combining its own Linux distribution, ION OS; its own line of PCs; technology from NeTraverse Inc.'s Win4Lin; and a licensed copy of Microsoft Windows 98 SE..."

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