running binaries in windows

[commando_337]

How do you do it?

simple question...

for example...if i wanted to run a linux binary (game or app) in windows...could i do it??? :confused:

[Dark Ninja]

...hmmm...as far as I know...no. I know the reverse can be done with a program called Win2Lin (you can run Windows programs in Linux), but, as of yet, I haven't heard the opposite of being possible.


Dark Ninja

[commando_337]

ok, fair enough, how about this

if i take the source code for a particular app that is meant for linux, could i compile the source code in windows...or are most linux apps not that portable?

btw...thanks for the fast response

[Derango]

Unless the program is very basic, it probably won't work if you compiled it in windows straight.

Most programs use libraries that don't have any windows equivilents, espicaly for the GUI (GTK, QT, ect) Also, there may be specific calls that are only availble on linux. You could give it a shot...but I doubt it would work.