Win4lin 5.0

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07-10-2003, 11:24 AM
balamm

Never heard of this till now >

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Discover Win4Lin 5.0 - Special Offer

Speed your migration to the Linux world with the award-winning Win4Lin 5.0!

Win4Lin 5.0 lets you install a complete Windows operating system
(Windows 95, 98 or Millenium) inside Linux to run all of your favorite
Windows applications at native speed.

Win4Lin 5.0 is the ideal solution for running the largest variety of
Windows applications under Linux. Continue to enjoy your favorite
Windows games or office applications, etc. without any additional hardware
or the need to dual boot.

This latest version of Win4Lin runs in both Mandrake Linux 9.0 & 9.1,
and is available as an immediate download for $89.99 USD and in a Boxed
edition for $99.99 USD.

You can purchase the Win4Lin 5.0 on MandrakeStore :
http://www.mandrakestore.com/mdkinc/index....NG_=en#GOTO_303

Also MandrakeSoft has negotiated a generous discount for all Mandrake
Club members!

Are you already a MandrakeClub Member? Receive Win4Lin 5.0 Electronic
Version right now for only $59.99 USD (save 30 USD!):
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?si...mode=nocomments

Hurry up! This Mandrake Club offer is valid until July, 31st, 2003.

If this really works, It might just be enough to tip the balance a bit.
07-10-2003, 11:40 AM
ilw

Cheers for that balamm, I hadn't heard of it either, I found a review here. Its a bit of a bummer that it only does win 9x and Me and the review says that it can't use Directx so games are out. But it still looks like it has a lot of potential, Edit: Especially as they reckon its as fast as native windows. /edit
If only it were open source :(
07-10-2003, 11:45 AM
balamm

I wonder, if it's that fast, would it be possible to install VPC inside the win9x folder and run Win2K or XP from there?
07-10-2003, 12:39 PM
balamm

I found this on the one page >

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>Improved Video Performance - Win4Lin now has the ability to run Direct X applications that do not require direct hardware access. As our users give us feedback we will include a list of Direct X applications that run well on Win4Lin.

It's on emule now. Win4Lin.v5.1.1.-.Linux..zip

ed2k://|file|Win4Lin.v5.1.1.-.Linux..zip|16395012|2B4EE93173D55D14C27A79119541D97D|/

Win4Lin v5.1.1 - Linux .zip
07-10-2003, 12:46 PM
ilw

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Originally posted by balamm@10 July 2003 - 13:45
I wonder, if it's that fast, would it be possible to install VPC inside the win9x folder and run Win2K or XP from there?

lol, just keep stacking the os's till u get it to work :) . I dunno if it would work, I'll bet vpc makes some hardware calls or something similar that'd stop that working.
07-10-2003, 08:52 PM
Wolfmight

is it better than runnin any other linux o/s with Virtual PC inside of Windows?
07-10-2003, 09:21 PM
balamm

It would have to be if windows runs at native speed inside linux. The same is not true running linux in windows.
There are some major disadvantages to linux in VPC in windows that this setup would overcome.
07-10-2003, 09:23 PM
Wolfmight

ah i see.. yea Mandrake didnt work in VPC because of that emulated graphics card thing. I'll try this prog out then

had to download all 3 CDs and now it dont even work in VPC.. :angry: lol.. kinda annoyinh