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
A way to run Linux commandline software from a specialized console, similar to how a command prompt runs DOS or PowerShell.
It works well, but it's imperfect.
Sometimes mis-named Bash on Ubuntu on Windows or Bash on Windows
See also:
XLaunch to run GUI Linux software.
 I darken its background colour
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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() )
placeholder - I ended up using Windows Subsystem for Linux
Chocolatey: Cygwin
(on Wikipedia)
TODO - https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/cyg-get [ 1 ] was https://chocolatey.org/packages/cyg-get
Footnotes
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(on Wikipedia)
http://dosemu.sourceforge.net/ [ 1 ] dosemu.org is just a placeholder/redirect
A DOS emulator.
Footnotes
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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/
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.
Software >
(on Wikipedia)
https://bochs.sourceforge.io/
A total-platform emulator, primarily used for building and debugging operating systems.
Doesn't utilize any host CPU virtualization features, therefore is slower than most virtualization.
