This is regarding "version one"
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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
- aka wsl
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Sometimes known as Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows
- Not related to Git on Windows.
This is regarding "version one"
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(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/about
Sometimes known as Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows
Software >
Chocolatey: babun
https://babun.github.io/
A customized Cygwin for Linux on Windows: Zsh, Bash, Git and other Linux software, all pre-configured.
Can install other software provided by Cygwin.
My configuration specific to Babun is currently scattered throughout my git repository, just findinall Babun
(using my findinall()
)
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(on Wikipedia)
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/ [ 1 ] dosemu.org is just a placeholder/redirect
A DOS emulator.
Footnotes
^ 1 | dosemu.org is just a placeholder/redirect |
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.winehq.org/
For running Windows software on Linux.
I had some significant attempts using this to run World of Warcraft, but it was ultimately unsuccessful.
Wine Is Not an Emulator
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.qemu.org/ [ 1 ] was http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/
A platform emulator thingy thing. With powerful features and stuff.
I haven't really directly used it, except briefly with MultiBootUSB where it didn't have mouse support.
Footnotes
Software >
Games > Oldschool emulation >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mamedev.org/
Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
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(on Wikipedia)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/
http://www.dosbox.com/
A DOS emulation program.
Absolutely essential for emulating DOS not just within Windows or a traditional Linux environment, but within ARM/Linux as well, for palmtops and phones.