If you were running Unix operating system on your computer,...

<< Back to: Unix - Frequently Asked Questions (Contents) [Frequent posting]

FAQS.ORG makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of the posts. Each post is the personal opinion of the poster. These posts are not intended to substitute for medical, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. FAQS.ORG does not endorse any opinion or any product or service mentioned mentioned in these posts.

<< Back to: Unix - Frequently Asked Questions (Contents) [Frequent posting]

[ Home | FAQ-Related Q&As | General Q&As | Answered Questions ]

Question by Michelle
Submitted on 8/29/2003
Related FAQ: Unix - Frequently Asked Questions (Contents) [Frequent posting]
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this question:
If you were running Unix operating system on your computer, could you use the same application software that you use for a computer running Windows? Why or Why not?

Answer by bumsuh
Submitted on 10/15/2003
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
maybe it is ftp.

Answer by naidu_trk
Submitted on 12/18/2003
Rating: Not yet rated	Rate this answer:
U cant use the same application s/w on unix that u use on windows because windows uses "exe" format for the executables and "dll" format for the dynamic libraries and unix uses "a.out" and "elf" binaries for the executables and ".so" for shared libraries. There should be kernel support to interpret and execute the binaries. U can use some kind of emulators like wine or dosemu or VMWare to execute the windows applications in Unix.

Your name or nickname:
If you'd like to create a new account or access your existing account, put in your password here:
Your answer: