Linux kernel drivers and glibc on MS-Windows? (Running Linux software under Windows)

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Omer,

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 02:08:06AM +0200, Omer Zak wrote:
> Short of a fully fledged virtual machine, what can be used to run Linux
> software, which accesses hardware such as USB devices (hence requiring
> some kernel drivers and stuff), under Windows?
> 
> In other words, is there such a thing as a "reverse Wine"?

Well, the most direct "reverse WINE" is probably Cygwin, which emulates the 
Linux/POSIX API on Windows, although Cygwin can't run native Linux ELF 
binaries.  But if you need direct hardware access maybe coLinux 
(http://www.colinux.org) is the solution for you.

baruch

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