Weekly news wrap-up: Running all kinds of Windows software on Linux
Source: NewsForge
Sometimes, it seems Open Source and Linux news is fused to news from that closed-source software giant from Washington state. This week especially, some of the biggest news about Linux in particular was about ways to make parts of it work with Windows.
Early in the week, TransGaming and MandrakeSoft announced a partnership to provide subscriptions to the WineX project and to sell the Mandrake Linux Gaming Edition, which the companies promise will allow Linux gamers to run Windows games on their machines. The plan isn't without its controversy, though, as Scott Draeker of the Linux game porting company Loki Entertainment questioned why Linux users would want to run Windows games in the first place.
Later in the week, MP3.com founder Michael Robertson announced the ambitious LindowsOS project, which he says will run both Windows and Linux programs. The operating system is due out shortly; we'll be interested to see how it works.
