Run Linux natively inside Windows. Run Linux Applications in Windows. From Wired How-To Wiki Two new best friends Linux fans who feel the need to run a Windows app or two can take advantage of WINE, which enables most programs written for Windows to run on the Linux desktop.
But what about those seeking the opposite -- Windows fans that need to run Linux apps? If you're lucky, someone has already ported your favorite Linux app over to Windows. If not, here are some options for getting Linux apps on your Vista or XP desktop. This article is a wiki. What's the need for Linux apps on Windows? As for why you'd want to do this, there are several Linux apps that are much better -- and with more advanced features -- than their Windows counterparts. Amarok on the desktop (Click for larger).
For example, Amarok is a superior alternative to Windows Media Player or iTunes, especially if you ever need to take music off your iPod. Web developers and designers could test their pages against Linux browsers like Konqueror, Epiphany or even Midori! AndLinux Installation Wubi. Keyboard shortcut to File Manager in Ubuntu (Windows + E for Nautilus) First, the standard GNU/Linux caveat: this is not a distro or application-specific technique.
Metacity ships with Ubuntu as part of Gnome, any distro with Gnome can use this technique to launch any application you want (I'm not even certain that Metacity requires Gnome, to be honest...). If you read my earlier post, you know I recently upgraded my work laptop from XP to Ubuntu (although I am sticking to the 10.4 LTS on my work laptop; 10.10 is working fine on one of my personal machines). I am still planning a more inclusive update that details all the subtle changes I ended up making and a review of how the transition has been, but I thought this deserved its own post. After installing Ubuntu, I knew I needed a launcher of some type. I love Quicksilver for OS X, and one of my two primary Windows complaints is the lack of a decent launcher (the other is no workspaces - the commercial and free options don't tend to play well with all applications). In the gconf-editor window: LINUX.
Cygwin. Mis à jour le 02 décembre 2010 Présentation de Cygwin Cygwin est un environnement de développement réalisé sous l’égide de l’équipe de Cygnus qui a été racheté par RedHat.
Une communauté active de programmeurs participe également à son développement. Le but de Cygwin était au départ de porter tous les outils GNU sous Windows. Pour cela, Cygwin intègre une dll (cygwin1.dll) qui agit comme un émulateur Unix fournissant ainsi toutes les fonctions API Unix. Cygwin contient également une multitude d’outils provenant du monde Unix procurant les mêmes sensations mais sous Windows. Ainsi il est possible d’utiliser des outils comme gcc, make, ld, sed, awk, Flex, Bison, Python, Perl, vim, TCL, CVS, des shells comme bash, sh, tcsh, zsh... sous Windows exactement comme si l’OS était de type UNIX. Cygwin possède également un serveur X11, les librairies X11, et des gestionnaires de fenêtres (windowmaker, fvwm, kde). Cygwin est également un environnement de développement. . sans autre modification préalable.