Lindows

[superlinuxguru]

Hi! I heard about a project called Lindows and I checked out it's website. It sounds pretty cool, but it's not free! It runs on wine to use windows applications, but how hard would it be to program a linux kernel so that it would recognize the .exe and .bat extensions as wine?
What i'm trying to get at is this: we need a 100 percent windows compatible linux OS, and it needs to be free! Does anybody want to volunteer to make one?

[Strike]

echo ' :DOSWin:M:0:MZ:0xff:/usr/local/bin/wine:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

now try to run an .exe and it will run it with wine

[ 29 November 2001: Message edited by: Strike ]

[Frith]

VMware (http://www.vmware.com) :cool:

[vee-eye]

Originally posted by superlinuxguru:
<STRONG>What i'm trying to get at is this: we need a 100 percent windows compatible linux OS, and it needs to be free! Does anybody want to volunteer to make one?</STRONG>

Sure! I have about 15 minutes of free time every other Friday from 8:00 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. to work on it. :D

[kevin79]

I checked out the site, now will this be its own OS? So, it won't be something that will run inside of Suse or Redhat?

[Frith]

Originally posted by vee-eye:
<STRONG>Sure! I have about 15 minutes of free time every other Friday from 8:00 P.M. to 8:15 P.M. to work on it. :D</STRONG>

If I could somehow manage to get the source code for MS Windows XP into your hands, do you think you might be able to make some time? :rolleyes:

[Ludootje]

Originally posted by Strike:
<STRONG>echo ' :DOSWin:M:0:MZ:0xff:/usr/local/bin/wine:' &gt; /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register

now try to run an .exe and it will run it with wine

[ 29 November 2001: Message edited by: Strike ]</STRONG>
?
EVERY .exe? why type that, wine works without typing that.. no?

[Strike]

Originally posted by Ludootje:
<STRONG>EVERY .exe? why type that, wine works without typing that.. no?</STRONG>

No, this way all you have to do is do "./foo.exe" and it will automatically call wine for you (assuming that it really is a valid .exe file, that is, has the magic number MZ in the right place).

[kapwfm]

As far as "Lindows" is concerned...it seems to me all there is on the website is a "press release." I wouldn't get too excited about it.

As for running Windows apps in Linux...you can do that with Wine. I use Codeweavers Wine. Does me just fine. :) And IT DOESN'T COST ME ANYTHING! :) Why should I (or anyone for that matter...shell out (is it 90 bucks?) for an operating system when you can use Wine with Linux? :)