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#1 2015-03-12 09:29:42
- headkase
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Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
So, this seems to be the opposite of WINE:
https://github.com/wishstudio/flinux
Foreign Linux. Right now it is pretty basic but it will be interesting to see what is further developed.
The Linux image it currently runs is based on Arch.
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#2 2015-03-12 09:31:42
- jakobcreutzfeldt
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
Isn't this what MinGW is for?
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#3 2015-03-12 09:35:30
- headkase
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
Isn't this what MinGW is for?
Minimalist GNU for Windows is a development environment. Compilers and such. MSYS would be closer to this, however the aim - as I understand it - of this project is to run any unmodified Linux program on Windows. Say, Cinelerra to pick a completely random example.
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#4 2015-03-12 12:46:32
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
MSYS uses mingw too, actually. And both require you to compile the software you want to run.
Foreign Linux seems to be like WINE though, translating the instructions for binaries compiled for linux. Which is interesting in theory, but to be honest I don't really know which linux application I'd want to run on it. Most of those I use are a rewrite of a windows equivalent.
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#5 2015-03-12 13:51:48
- andjeng
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
MSYS uses mingw too, actually. And both require you to compile the software you want to run.
Foreign Linux seems to be like WINE though, translating the instructions for binaries compiled for linux. Which is interesting in theory, but to be honest I don't really know which linux application I'd want to run on it. Most of those I use are a rewrite of a windows equivalent.
Personally, I really like to see a server-client architecture for music player. In this case, maybe MPD + Cantata / MPD + ncmpcpp. Other than that, maybe nothing.
just looking around. 
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#6 2015-03-12 14:21:19
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
then use the win32 builds of mpd/cantata
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#7 2015-03-12 16:50:47
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
This just might turn out to be a way to run docker containers in Windows.
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#8 2015-03-12 17:45:28
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
Wasn't Microsoft working on incorporating that into windows anyway?
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#9 2015-03-12 18:15:05
- thiagowfx
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Re: Foreign Linux. Running unmodified Linux programs on Windows
msys2 also uses pacman 
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