Justin Zygmont wrote:
> ftp://solarflow.dyndns.org/pub/wabi
[ Sorry I'm posting so much as of late. I'm an "enthusiastic
newbie" to this list. Just let me know if I'm "drowning out"
everyone else. ]
Is this thing now "free [beer]" for Linux? I.e., does Caldera "own"
it now and has released it as such? Or not? Or has simply licensed
it from someone else?
[ I notice you still have to have Windows 3.x, but that's fine. I
actually have 4 "legal copies" myself (and none in use). ]
BTW, I've never used Wabi myself, just WINE and VMWare. I've heard
as you said, it's the "most compatible" for 16-bit
Windows/programs. I pretty much understand the differences between
...
- WINE (BSD)
Both a complete Windows emulator ("run-time" translation of Win32
calls to POSIX/X-Windows) for UNIX as well as a Windows-to-UNIX
porting kit ("compile-time" translation of Win32->POSIX/X). x86 not
required (or is it?), but recommended (since it can allow actual x86
binary execuation as well as direct DLL support/usage).
- Win4Lin (commercial)
An x86/Windows-compatibility layer for Linux/x86. x86 and DOS-based
Windows (i.e. 95/98, but not the ME "bastard") still required.
- VMWare (commercial)
A "virtual hardware machine" (VHM) layer implementation available
for both Linux/x86 and NT/x86. x86-specific implementation and
actual [limited, but good select of] x86 OSes still required (which
run under "instances" of the VHM).
- Bochs (commercial, but now GPL?)
A 'complete' (albeit slow, due to 100% software) x86 VHM layer for
UNIX. Runs on many architectures which allows most to run a number
of x86 OSes (with limited results).
- Plex86 (GPL?)
A VHM layer for UNIX/x86. Designed to be a free VMWare replacement
based on Bochs, which allows a number of x86 OSes to run (with
limited results right now).
Is Wabi another architecture-independent/completely emulated
approach like Bochs? Or is it like VMWare, "'virtualized', but
still 'actual' x86 hardware usage"? I've seen Wabi for Solaris, or
is that just Solaris/x86? Or is the Wabi for Linux[/x86] a
"Linux/86 customized" one?
Thanx for the link (assuming it's "legal" ;-)!
-- Bryan
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Bryan J. Smith, Engineer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
AbsoluteValue Systems, Inc. http://www.linux-wlan.org
SmithConcepts, Inc. http://www.SmithConcepts.com
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