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Will Linux For Windows Change The World?

Posted by timothy on from the making-inroads dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A month ago, a trial version of a little-known Linux application called 'CoLinux' was released that is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively. It's the work of a 21-year-old Israeli computer science student and some Japanese open source programmers; in Israel, analysts are already saying it could help transform the software world." (CoLinux is short for Cooperative Linux; we mentioned this project in January as well.)

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  1. Gah by inKubus · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the ease of use of Unix running on the stability of Windows.

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  2. Hmmmmmm by dont_think_twice · · Score: 5, Funny

    So would this be: In Soviet Israel, Windows Runs Linux?

  3. Re:Cygwin, MS Services for Unix? by wmspringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    You say that like it's a bad thing...

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  4. How about... by tmbg37 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Using Wine to emulate Windows to emulate Linux...

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  5. So... by bprime · · Score: 4, Funny

    This kind of makes the "But does it run Linux?" joke a bit deprecated, wouldn't you say? Oh well, there's still Soviet Russia, Hot Grits, and Overlords.

    1. Re:So... by MacJedi · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hot Grits? Good lord man! 2000 called, they want you back!

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  6. next thing you know... by jacobhoupt · · Score: 5, Funny

    the lamb will lay down with the lion and there shall be peace. And the earth will shake with unrest, and stars will fall from the sky. ick.

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  7. Has anyone tried this on this CoLinux by $exyNerdie · · Score: 3, Funny


    1)Run Windows XP.
    2)Install CoLinux
    3)Install Wine in CoLinux
    4)Run windows applications in Wine

    Well, if you have nothing else to do on a weekend.........

    1. Re:Has anyone tried this on this CoLinux by rampant+mac · · Score: 3, Funny
      "Well, if you have nothing else to do on a weekend........."

      What the fuck else are we going to do? Date? Sheesh.

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  8. Re:Conquering Windows by AndrewHowe · · Score: 5, Funny

    4.) ???
    5.) Users

  9. Re:Conquering Windows by PitaBred · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, OpenGL/SDL isn't good enough, Linux needs to implement an inferior, proprietary API.

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  10. Re:Seems Like by bfg9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seems Like what apple has done with Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X

    But with Apple, the crappy system runs inside the good system; with this it's the reverse.

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  11. Come on by 0x0d0a · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't say that this won't take the world by storm. Just imagine -- a system with all the stability of Windows and the user-friendliness of Linux! What's not to like?

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  12. Does it run WINE? by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only thing I'd use this for is to run WINE to get my favourite Winshit apps running under .... wait a minute!

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  13. Re:Severe limitation by quantaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Problems? Tell me about it!!

    I can see why it would run a little slower under linux, but 41 minutes?!?

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  14. Re:Conquering Windows by rowanxmas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right, Boeing is dirt poor compared to a software comapny that makes FPS games...

  15. Re:Good idea by Glen+Ponda · · Score: 3, Funny

    The NT(2000/XP) kernel has had the ability to run other native applications for a while.

    Certainly, it's really at home in heterogenous environments such as Win95/Win98/Millenium/NT/2000/XP.

  16. This is just what Windows has been needing. by DeVilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe now I can final run all of my Linux games on Windows.

  17. Re:Linux fonts are still HORRIBLE by Anonymous+Cow+herd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quiet fool! Linux is ready for the desktop! Even my grandmother could use 'ldd' to tell which version of the freetype library her X server is compiled against in order to install a font. Now if you excuse me, I'll be over in the corner waiting for Linux to take over the world. *hands over ears* LA LA LA LA....

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