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Win4Lin is just an environment where you can install a copy of Windows (and last I heard you could only install Windows 9x products). Unlike wine, which is a Win32 API set that Linux can run. The advantage of Win4Lin over wine is that you can run way more applications in Win4Lin than you can using wine. The advantage of wine over Win4Lin is that wine is GPL and you do not need a Windows license.

The problem with running any Win32 program in Linux, no matter what method you may choose, is that almost anything that needs DirectX will not work. Meaning most Windows 3D games and applications need to be run in a native Windows environment. Now there is WineX, which is making the effort to make DirectX games run in Linux, but there are VERY few games that work without a hitch.

To tell the truth, I agree with what Loverock is saying, but not his reasons for saying it. I don't refuse to use Windows apps because I am prejudiced against Windows, I use the Linux equivalents because they run natively (and thus faster) and because they are either just as good as or better than their Windows counterparts. And the few apps that have no Linux counterparts, which are mostly specific game titles, can't run in Linux even using Win4Lin, WineX, or even VMWare. So for the 3 games that I like to play that only run in Windows, I keep a separate partition with Windows 98, with no network drivers installed to keep it off the internet.
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It's a crutch, but it works  Chad_z | 04/22/04
Software maker weds Linux PCs, Windows applications  Loverock Davidson | 04/22/04
You missed again  IT_User | 04/22/04
Are you being serious? I hope not!  AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
Windows == License == $$$$$$$$  CobraA1 | 04/23/04
You still need a licence  Michael Kelly | 04/23/04
Thank you -- informative... [nt]  escoles@... | 04/23/04
The article wasn't focused on home users  Larry the Security Guy | 04/23/04
Bigotry!!!  Martin Marvinski | 04/22/04
Man's Prayer  Squawkbox | 04/22/04
Emulation = crummy appication reponse time [junk]  Enterprise Analyst | 04/23/04
'If you can't afford Windows, you shouldn't be in business'?!  escoles@... | 04/23/04
What about us home users?  JimmyDee | 04/23/04
What about us home users?  seosamh_z | 04/23/04
Only 90 bucks??  JimmyDee | 04/23/04
Only 90 bucks??  seosamh_z | 04/23/04
For what it's worth...  Wolfie2K3 | 04/23/04
So you buy it, too?  escoles@... | 04/26/04
D A E M O N ?  Louis Ross Focke | 04/23/04
JUST ANOTHER COST OF DOING BUSINESS  wiskowst | 04/23/04
Huh?  bchesmer | 04/23/04
Huh?  seosamh_z | 04/23/04
Just another cost?  Larry the Security Guy | 04/23/04
But that's not what he said  escoles@... | 04/26/04
One Way  km4hr@... | 04/23/04
Does it run Microsoft Office.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Does it run Microsoft Office?  dwest_z | 04/23/04
Well DUH!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
DUH!  dwest_z | 04/23/04
Sorry, the thread was about Office.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
no reason to apologize  dwest_z | 04/23/04
it does run Office 97, i know that much(NT)  Monkey_MCSE | 04/23/04
Does it run Microsoft Office?  seosamh_z | 04/23/04
Bit  Louis Ross Focke | 04/23/04
I have tried Open/Star Office.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Office 95  Louis Ross Focke | 04/23/04
For me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Where is this thread leading?  IT_User | 04/23/04
The only difference  Patrick Jones | 04/23/04
Just not true.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
Nope...  Patrick Jones | 04/23/04
File formats canged since Office95, MS found that useful!  oldskool | 04/25/04
Re: I have tried Open/Star Office  km4hr@... | 04/23/04
You're right there... Open Office and MS in general  AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
I never get an NTLDR error...  Confused by religion | 04/23/04
Does it need to  IT_User | 04/23/04
As the article said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
The article is right, but  IT_User | 04/23/04
Answer = Yes!  bchesmer | 04/23/04
False claims?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
False claims?  bchesmer | 04/23/04
PS...  bchesmer | 04/23/04
O2K is better anyway  escoles@... | 04/26/04
LOL! Dude, you don't know what you're talking about  escoles@... | 04/26/04
You listed my favorite  AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
Patents stop it from happening.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/23/04
The latest opinion on patents  AbsolutelyNot | 04/23/04
windows license needed  wessonjoe | 04/24/04
By loading Windows DLL's you get a real MS API  oldskool | 04/25/04
There's a better way - use MetaFrame  Grolan | 04/26/04
Handicapped - voice recognition  susancragin@... | 08/31/04

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