[Lockeyp]

I have been thinking would the programs from say Windows 98 environment work just as well as they do in the Linux environment

Lockeyp

[arochester]

Generally, Windows is Windows, Linux is Linux,Windows is not Linux and Linux is not Windows.

SOME, but not all, Windows programs will run with the application called Wine. Experience show me that there can be a kind of hierarchy through Wine, Wine-Doors, PlayOnLinux - through to the commercial applications such as Cedega, Win4Lin etc.

There is also the idea of EQUIVALENTS.Linux has some programs which are just as good, if not better that Windows.

What programs exactly do you want to run?

[vtel57]

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Hey arochester! I didn't realize you were a member here.

See you around...

~Eric

[Lockeyp]

I wasn't thinking of anything in particular, it would be good if someone came up with an operating system which could be used on any Windows albeit
3.1, 95, 98, 2000, Mellenium (please excuse the spelling), NT, XP. I know myself that OS comes First then the programs.
I Whole Heartedly Believe that if this could be done. Who Ever Accomplish this would be hailed as a Freeman of the Financial World plus the demise of Microsoft AND even better if it should be FREE.

All I Ask Is That I Take The Credit For This Idea.

Lockeyp

[arochester]

I think that Microsoft who make and sell Windows will rightly sue somebody if that happens...

You can run 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT and XP within Linux by virtualising them with e.g.VirtualBox - but who would want to? Why not just run Linux and be happy with it?

There are also various emulators in Linux e.g. DosBox

You could look at Reactos:
"ReactOS® is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows® XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows-NT® architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the unix architecture. " ...but be careful because it is Alpha(?) and heavily in development.