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Win4Lin is a powerful software application for Linux which allows a user to run a copy of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000 or XP applications on their desktop. The system works by acting in a similar way to a Virtual Machine, in that it provides an environment for the Windows operating system to run, and as such one must still have a legal copy of Windows to use with it.

Win4Lin was based on Merge which was originally developed for running DOS/Windows 3.1 on SCO Unix. Merge was devised by Gerald Popek, of the Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements, and developed by his firm Locus, (later taken over by Platinum).

The Win4Lin application in essence displays a window on your Linux desktop which contains the Windows desktop environment. As an alternative, the Windows environment can be run full screen, outside of your desktop environment to save on Desktop Real-Estate.

Win4Lin is designed with business users in mind, and as such neglects support for features such as MIDI, over support for office-style application compatibility.

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	Win4Lin is a powerful software application for [[Linux]] which allows a user to run a copy of [[Microsoft Windows]] 95 or 98 applications on their desktop. The system works by acting in a similar way to a [[Virtual machine\|Virtual Machine]], in that it provides an environment for the [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] operating system to run, and as such one must still have a legal copy of Windows to use with it.		Win4Lin is a powerful software application for [[Linux]] which allows a user to run a copy of [[Microsoft Windows]] [[Windows 95\|95]], [[Windows 98\|98]], [[Windows 2000\|2000]] or [[Windows XP\|XP]] applications on their desktop. The system works by acting in a similar way to a [[Virtual machine\|Virtual Machine]], in that it provides an environment for the [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] operating system to run, and as such one must still have a legal copy of Windows to use with it.

	Win4Lin was based on [[Merge]] which was originally developed for running DOS/Windows 3.1 on SCO Unix. Merge was devised by [[Gerald Popek]], of the [[Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements]], and developed by his firm Locus, (later taken over by Platinum).		Win4Lin was based on [[Merge]] which was originally developed for running DOS/Windows 3.1 on SCO Unix. Merge was devised by [[Gerald Popek]], of the [[Popek and Goldberg virtualization requirements]], and developed by his firm Locus, (later taken over by Platinum).