[KLUG Members] Running linux from windows

[Wesley Leonard]

I think he means internet file sharing programs like Napster and whatnot...

Perhaps you can run these programs in WINE?

Check it out: http://www.winehq.org

l8er

Dirk H Bartley wrote:
> 
> Samba is very capable of having a unix host share filesystems with windows
> computers and vice versa.  NFS is very capable of sharing files with other unix
> hosts.  Reasons that I would see to use linux within windows is to use some
> device, like for example a scanner, that is not supported on linux and is
> connected via a port that won't work with windows within linux.  If you could go
> into a little more detail of this file sharing requirement, I'm sure that the
> method of using a linux host could be explained.  If you need access to a win32
> app then possibly vmware on a headless windows machine may work.
> 
> Dirk
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