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2. Compatibility layer - Wikipedia

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   A compatibility layer avoids both the complexity and the speed penalty of full hardware emulation. Some programs may even run faster than the original, e.g. some Linux applications running on FreeBSD's Linux compatibility layer may perform better than the same applications on Red Hat Linux. Benchmarks are occasionally run on Wine to compare it ...

3. Binary-code compatibility - Wikipedia

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   The ReactOS development effort seeks to create an open-source, free software OS that is binary compatible with Microsoft's Windows NT family of OSes using Wine for application compatibility and reimplementing the Windows kernel for additional compatibility such as for drivers whereas Linux would use Linux drivers, not Windows drivers.

4. Wine (software) - Wikipedia

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   Bob Amstadt, the initial project leader, and Eric Youngdale started the Wine project in 1993 as a way to run Windows applications on Linux.It was inspired by two Sun Microsystems products, Wabi for the Solaris operating system, and the Public Windows Interface, [10] which was an attempt to get the Windows API fully reimplemented in the public domain as an ISO standard but rejected due to ...

5. CrossOver (software) - Wikipedia

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   CrossOver is a Microsoft Windows compatibility layer available for Linux, macOS, and ChromeOS. This compatibility layer enables many Windows-based applications to run on Linux operating systems, macOS, or ChromeOS. CrossOver is developed by CodeWeavers and based on Wine, an open-source Windows compatibility layer.

6. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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   Proton is a compatibility layer that allows Windows software (primarily video games) to run on Linux-based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [2] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to

7. Windows Subsystem for Linux - Wikipedia

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   [19] [18] The Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI (WSLg) was officially released at the Microsoft Build 2021 conference. It is included in Windows 10 Insider build 21364 or later. [20] Microsoft introduced a Microsoft Store version of WSL on October 11, 2021, for Windows 11. [21] It reached version 1.0.0 on November 16, 2022 with added support for ...

8. Computer compatibility - Wikipedia

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   Software compatibility can also refer to ability for the software to run on a particular operating system. Very rarely is a compiled software compatible with multiple different CPU architectures. Normally, an application is compiled for different CPU architectures and operating systems to allow it to be compatible with the different system.

9. Ceph (software) - Wikipedia

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   While basically built for Linux, Ceph has been also partially ported to Windows platform. It is production-ready for Windows Server 2016 (some commands might be unavailable due to lack of UNIX socket implementation), Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 , but testing/development can be done also on Windows 10 and Windows 11 .