![]() ![]() I was indeed caught in a surprise seeing Windows 98SE “flying” by running almost in a native speed either under an X11 window or on full screen. Well, the answer is that it is extremely fast! It is almost as fast as running it without the Linux layer underneath. Of course, the question everyone is asking is how fast Win4Lin is. The ‘win’ command will open a window on your current X11 session and load Windows in it, while ‘fwin’ will load a brand new X11 session with Windows loading in full screen mode.Īnd there you are, with Windows 9x under Linux. The only additional manual setup I had to do was to add support for “backing store” on my XF86Config-4 file by adding a single line of text, because otherwise the Windows window was not refreshing correctly.Īfter everything is setup, you can launch your Windows either by double clicking the first mentioned menu item on your Win4Lin launch menu, or by opening a terminal and typing: ‘win’ or ‘fwin’. ![]() It is amazing to see Win4Lin installing Windows, much faster than a real Windows installation. cab files will be copied to your hard disk and then launched locally. The installation of the Windows operating system will only take 15-20 minutes, because the installation. Win4Lin only supports Windows 95/98/98SE and Millennium. Shortly after, you will be asked to insert your Windows CD so the Windows installation will start. This second menu is what you will need to load. One is the application that loads Windows and the other one is the further installation and setup options. The installer will require to install a new kernel on your system (do not worry though, your old kernel is also available via the LILO menu during booting) and after you reboot with your new kernel, you will find two new menu items under the KDE or Gnome menus. The install application is about 8 MB, and by being graphical, it is easy to either upgrade or make a first-time installation. The installation of the package can be done either by executing its binary on a Win4Lin CD-Rom, or by downloading it off the web, after purchasing or registering the product online. We got hold of the brand new version of Win4Lin, version 4.0, and here is our review accompanied by some screenshots we grabbed for you. In fact, Win4Lin can only run Dos and Win9x/ME, under Linux. The main reason was because Win4Lin is not an emulator in the “traditional” sense of the word neither it runs under Windows XP, where our previous test were conducted. I received a number of emails asking why I haven’t included Netraverse’s Win4Lin in the article. Some days ago we hosted a head to head review of Bochs, VMWare Workstation and VirtualPC.
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