'Ubuntu' is a linux operating system. Website:www.ubuntu.com
2007-02-21 23:18:48 · 3 answers · asked by Jonnan 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Ubuntu and windows use different OS platform. Basically, there is no way to run windows applications on Ubuntu.
However, you can download and install a free "windows emulator" after installing ubuntu, called "wine". Wine itself stands for "Wine Is Not Emulator", but this is actually an emulator. There are several windows emulators as well, not a free program. Two of them are Cedega and Crossover linux. But you can not run every software designed for windows to run under linux, even if you have installed the emulator. You can run only several windows software. Configuring windows software to run under linux is very painfull. Most of them failed.
The best way is to use alternative applications that already have the linux version. And if you can't find linux alternative, the best way is dual booting. Let two operating systems live on your Harddrive.
2007-02-21 23:45:02 · answer #1 · answered by oohay_member_directory 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes but not all the windows applications.
You can run some of them with Wine or Crossover, in some "native" way.
You can install a virtual machine and then use a windowsXP image to run it from your ubuntu system in order to use all the windows applications on ubuntu.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-22 07:40:35 · answer #2 · answered by f0vela 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to put it short.. no.
however if you got a windows emulator............... its possible to run some of them??
(I think one is called wine)
2007-02-22 07:32:42 · answer #3 · answered by Caiterz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋