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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of Microsoft Windows that allows for using a Linux environment without the need for a separate virtual machine or dual booting.
Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux.It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems products, Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Interface, [10] which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to ...
Mageia was created in 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux, [5] [6] [10] by a group of former employees of Mandriva S.A. and several other members of the Mandriva community.. On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed under liquidation process by the Tribunal de commerce in Paris; [11] [12] effective September 17, all assets were liquidated and employees were ...
Cygwin (/ ˈ s ɪ ɡ w ɪ n / SIG-win) [3] is a free and open-source Unix-like environment and command-line interface (CLI) for Microsoft Windows.The project also provides a software repository containing open-source packages.
Win4Lin was initially based on Merge software originally developed at Locus Computing Corporation, and which changed hands several times until it ended in the assets of NeTraverse, which were purchased in 2005 by Win4Lin Inc., which introduced Win4Lin Pro Desktop. [7]
CrossOver is a Microsoft Windows compatibility layer available for Linux, macOS, and ChromeOS.This compatibility layer enables many Windows-based applications to run on Linux operating systems, macOS, or ChromeOS.
Some distributions let the user install Linux on top of their current system, such as WinLinux or coLinux. Linux is installed to the Windows hard disk partition, and can be started from inside Windows itself. Virtual machines (such as VirtualBox or VMware) also make it possible for Linux to be run inside another OS. The VM software simulates a ...
Linspire (formerly Lindows) is a commercial operating system based on Debian and Ubuntu and currently owned by PC/OpenSystems LLC. It had been owned by Linspire.Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and then by Xandros from 2008 to 2017.