Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

CrossOver Linux 9 expands the number of Windows applications you can run on Linux, and makes it easier than ever.

I run Windows on my laptop. That is, I run Linux, and then use Windows under VMware. This month I want to explore the various alternatives for running Windows applications under Linux.

Xandros is giving users one more reason to try Linux on the desktop—with applications that mimic Windows' ease of use and interface.

Linux users who want to run Windows applications without switching operating systems have been able to do so for years with Wine, software that lets apps designed for Windows run on Unix-like systems.

Click to view You love working inside your Linux desktop, but at the most inconvenient times you've got to reboot into Windows—whether to open a trick ...

No matter how easy Linux distributions make it for newcomers to install and use a free, open-source operating system, nearly everyone has at least one program that only works in Windows. Wine, a ...

The Linux distributor hopes to attract desktop users to its operating system with a new edition of its software, which allows it to run Microsoft Office and other Windows applications.

Actually, you don’t need CrossOver Linux to run Windows applications on Linux. You can do it with Wine alone — if you know exactly what you’re doing. What CrossOver brings to the table is ...