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Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:34 am
by beyondsociety
I am going to be switching to Linux in a week or two and I want to be able to run windows programs on Linux. I have heard of Win4Lin and vmware and was wondering which was the best.
I've also heard about Wine, but don't know how good it is. Can anybody help me out?
If you know of a site or a place where I can get a free 30 day trial version of any of these three products, I would appreciate it.
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:36 am
by dronkit
this winapps are for which win version?
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:38 am
by Tom
VMWare: %100 best windows emulator. BEST
Bochs: %50
Win4Lin: don't know
Wine: %5
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:52 am
by beyondsociety
But I don't want to pay for the license so I can download and run it. Is there a free version of any of these programs.
win4Lin = 90 bucks for license
vmware = 30 day free trial and then I have to buy it.
I using windows 98SE/windows 2000
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:53 am
by dronkit
you can run win98 apps with wine (it's gpl)
there are rumors that bochs can boot a win2000, haven't tried, tho
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 11:18 am
by beyondsociety
Thanks for the help, I going to use a version of bochs for Linux.
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 1:19 pm
by Tom
I do know that bochs 1.4.1 can run 95, might run 98, but really can run 2000 ( done before in a picture ) ( I have 95 in bochs installed )...bochs is slow slow slow.
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:21 pm
by Tom
if you need help on bochs...I know alot of using it
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2002 8:50 am
by beyondsociety
Thanks Tom, I will keep that in mind when I move over to Linux in a week and set up bochs.
By the way, do you know anything about grub?
Re:Win4Lin versus Vmware
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 10:27 am
by gedeon
Bochs is a PC emulator and VmWare virtualize a PC
The performance and possibilities are very different.
If you want working on a linux station in a window on Win2000/XP (you can reverse it), VmWare is a good choice . If you just want test your own operating system both are good but Bochs is cheaper (free
) ).
Wait for Bochs 2.0, but i think (if you have some money) that VmWare is best choice.