Finally, a Windows product for Linux that makes sense!

[Ryan Nix]

Win4Lin isn't emulation.  Its EXACTLY like MacOnLinux.  It treats 
Windows like a program and its as fast, or faster than native speeds.

I have no desire to run MacOS on x86, just run any Windows program on 
x86 Linux or Mac program on PPC Linux.  :)

Thierry de Coulon wrote:

>On Tuesday 03 August 2004 03:49, Ryan Nix wrote:
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>>The only thing YDL has that x86 doesn't for some strange reason is
>>MacOnLinux.  Only Win4Lin does the exact same thing on x86 and it's not
>>open source.
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>No strange reason: MacOnLinux does not emulate the PPC, it uses it native. To 
>do this on x86 you need a "virtual PowerPC". There is a project (pearpc) but 
>at the time (IF you get through the installation with iso images of the MacOS 
>X discs that takes around 8 hours... ) you get a "MacOS X on PC" that runs at 
>some 2% (no kidding) of the host speed.
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>But it's work in progress.
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>My experience however is that emulation (even the best) is only a help. It's 
>good if you need to run a program form time to time to read a file. If you'd 
>like to USE a system, run it native - and if you want a Mac, buy a Mac.
>
>Thierry 
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