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

[Omer Zak]

Thanks, Baruch, for the suggestions.
Is there anyone on the Linux-IL mailing list with actual experience with
CoLinux, and who can tell us whether such a solution is stable and works
well for demanding tasks (such as audio and video processing and
displaying)?

--- Omer


On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 05:45 +0200, Baruch Siach wrote:
> 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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