Star Linux on Windows with Lina
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Jun 2007 13:10 UTC, submitted by danwarne
Linux "Between WINE, VMware, BOCHs and ilk - not to mention the renewed focus on virtualisation we're now seeing - we're somewhat spoilt for choice when it comes to running Windows applications on Linux. But what about the other way around? Cygwin aside, there is another way."
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OS irrelevant?
by Isolationist on Fri 29th Jun 2007 14:30 UTC
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2006-05-28

It won't be long before the choice of OS is irrelevant, if all your favorite applications can be run under more than one OS.

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RE: OS irrelevant?
by Adurbe on Fri 29th Jun 2007 14:58 in reply to "OS irrelevant?"
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2005-07-06

The OS will always be important in order to speak to hardware. Applications (web 2.0 in paticular) are a fair few layers above this

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RE[2]: OS irrelevant?
by Isolationist on Fri 29th Jun 2007 15:26 in reply to "RE: OS irrelevant?"
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2006-05-28

I was referring to the *choice* of OS ;)

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