Mike, What you are possibly getting a little confused is WINE - which sort of allows Windows executables to run in a Linux environment. How well this solution works depends upon the Application, and the DLL’s. This was initially intended for XP/Win NT. Since lots of Windows apps are now .NET Assemblies this is more tricky to use, as Mono has not been fully embraced by the Open-Source community.
Virtualisation - Oracle-Virtual Box (KVM and VMware) allows you to run a different OS (Operating System) machine in another environment (in this case in a Linux Environment). This solution is the most stable - but at the costs of further enriching a large US Multi-National. A very good technique and one used in Data Centres around the world. Welcome on-board - there may be a few bumps on the way - but you are at least on the right path. 73s - A45WG Tim, Muscat: Sultanate of Oman > On 31 Jul 2016, at 19:18, Mike Rhodes <w...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > > Ok, I already see I have misunderstood something. I mistakenly thought Wine > was an emulator that would allow you to run a copy of Windows on Linux where > it is actually a Windows on Linux simulator. That answers at least part of my > question. > > Mike / W8DN > > On 7/31/2016 11:14 AM, Mike Rhodes wrote: >> Ok, I am not a Unix/Linux user. Years ago I did a little C programming on a >> real-time Unix box but have forgotten way more than I learned about that >> system (and C). >> However, I have to ask the question - what is the point of getting away >> from "windoze" by going to a Linux box and then immediately slapping a fully >> licensed copy of "Windoze", running under an emulator, on that Linux box. It >> just seems not only counter-intuitive but counter-productive. Since the >> majority of the apps that I wish to run are strictly Windows based, it just >> seems to make more sense to run the real thing natively. If the intent is to >> not add more to the Gates billions then you have defeated that by running >> under an emulator. >> >> Mike / W8DN >> >> On 7/31/2016 10:39 AM, Matt Zilmer wrote: >>> All the Elecraft utilities I use work fine on Wine, under Ubuntu 16.04. >>> Using Wine dodges the multiarch requirement, and it seems 100% compatible >>> with all Windoze API calls the utilities make. If you decide to go this >>> way, you'll have to make a symlink between /dev/tty<whatever> to COM1 in >>> dos_devices. If your serial port under Linux is /dev/ttyUSB0, in a >>> terminal type >>> >>> ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1 >>> >>> [Also, see >>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/685985/symbolic-link-between-usb-and-com-port]. >>> >>> The Linux native utilities are ported from Win32 to the Linux 32-bit API. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> matt W6NIA >>> >>> >>> On 7/31/2016 4:01 AM, Nate Bargmann wrote: >>>> * On 2016 30 Jul 20:39 -0500, Bill wrote: >>>>> I am only interested in how well the Elecraft provided software under >>>>> Linux >>>>> works? I do not use any third party stuff at all. Is it as easy and >>>>> straight >>>>> forward as their Windows software? >>>>> >>>>> K3 Utility, KPA Utility, etc. >>>> Be aware that the Elecraft utilities are only available in 32 bit >>>> versions at this time. If you use a distribution that allows >>>> 'multiarch', and Mint should being a Debian derivative, you will need >>>> i386 architecture enabled if your base architecture is amd64. Ubuntu, >>>> and probably Mint, have this enabled on amd64 installations. You will >>>> probably have to manually install the i386 versions of some libraries. >>>> >>>> It sounds like more of a hassle than it really is. >>>> >>>> 73, Nate >>>> >>> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to a4...@sy-edm.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com