Win4Lin is not the same as VMware.
Win4Lin is a linux application (binary) that has all the hooks (lay
speak) that windows code needs to run.
VMware is actually a virtual machine. You can load solaris for x86 on it
if you want. You can't do this with Win4Lin.
derek
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Brian T. Schmidt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thought I might be able to get some opinions here about the best virtual
> machine options with 7.1, since I am hoping to move to a Linux-only
> (basically) machine where I can run the VM to access Windows applications
> that I am still forced to use to do work. I've been trying to read up on
> it a bit and near as I can tell, the best options are Win4Lin and of
> course VMware. Are these basically the "same" products? Both sites claim
> 7.1 compatibility, but has anybody that has tried both noticed one being
> "better" than the other? Several versions ago I used a trial version of
> VMware and was very happy with it. Unfortunately, I don't see any options
> to use a trial version of Win4Lin, though (unless I overlooked it).
>
> TIA,
>
> --
> Brian Schmidt
>
>
>
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