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2. Wine (software) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Windows Subsystem for Linux - Wikipedia

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   Windows Subsystem for Linux. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature of Microsoft Windows that allows developers to run a Linux environment without the need for a separate virtual machine or dual booting. There are two versions of WSL: WSL 1 and WSL 2. WSL is not available to all Windows 10 users by default.

4. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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   Proton (software) Proton is a compatibility layer for Windows games to run on Linux -based operating systems. [1][2] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [3] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games ...

5. Linux - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 September 2024. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer Community contributors, Linus Torvalds ...

6. CrossOver (software) - Wikipedia

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   CrossOver (software) 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. CrossOver is developed by CodeWeavers and based on Wine, an open-source Windows compatibility layer.

7. Wubi (software) - Wikipedia

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   Wubi ("Windows-based Ubuntu Installer") is a free software Ubuntu installer, that was the official Windows -based software, from 2008 until 2013, [2] to install Ubuntu from within Windows, to a single file within an existing Windows partition. After installation, it added a new "Ubuntu" option to the existing Windows boot menu which allowed the ...

8. Microsoft and open source - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft and open source. "Microsoft (loves) Linux", image from the official blog in 2015. Microsoft, a technology company historically known for its opposition to the open source software paradigm, turned to embrace the approach in the 2010s. From the 1970s through 2000s under CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft viewed the community ...

9. List of Linux distributions - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 September 2024. List of software distributions using the Linux kernel This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this ...