Windows Interoperability in A Linux Distro

Magenta writes "There is a review of the Desktop OS Version 3 Business Edition from Xandros. This operating system is meant to allow users to easily move from Windows XP to Linux without the problems that can arise. Xandros not only can use Window's file system but it is able to run a great number of Windows programs using its CrossOver Office tool from CodeWeavers. This is one of the most accessible distros to come along in awhile and it marks a big step forward in the progress on Linux on the desktop."

Comments

Talk about advertising

[gilesjuk]

The original posting overstates the abilities of Xandros.

Crossover office is a product you can buy and install on most Linux distros. It's a nicely patched up and packaged version of Wine.

As for being able to access Windows filesystems, the Linux kernel contains drivers for FAT, FAT32 and NTFS. I would be very suprised if this distro can write to NTFS safely as this is something that is still being worked on.

Re:30 Great Number

[IamTheRealMike]

"Supported" means that if it doesn't run, you get tech support. It also means they will continue to run properly in future versions. There are plenty of other apps that are unsupported which work fine though.

Re:/shrug

[mahdi13]

not to mention that Transgaming's Cedega runs all the games the parent mentioned...

Free version

[genericacct]

On their downloads page, there is a link for the Open Circulation edition. Completely gratis if you use bittorrent. I'm considering trying it here at work.

Re:Windows compatibility

[leonmergen]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I always thought Wine used some sort of chrooted environment when executing Windows programs, thus only limiting the security risk to other Windows programs, and not your Linux OS ?