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.
emulators
All posts tagged emulators
 I darken its background colour
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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.
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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.
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Wine Is Not an Emulator
- Yes. Yes it is.
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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.
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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.
coming later
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https://www.mamedev.org/ MAME -- Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
- http://www.advancemame.it/ - Advance Projects
probably more coming later
Platforms, Computers, Software >
Emulation, like Virtualization, hosts one platform on another.
Compatibility layers are lumped in with emulation.
See also:
- Gaming, a very heavy influence.
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Legacy software, another purpose for emulation.