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25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-lawrence_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawrence-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Final release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">5.5 / February 18, 2009<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2009-02-18</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hypervisor" title="Hypervisor">Hypervisor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://win4lin.com/">http://win4lin.com/</a> (defunct)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Win4Lin</b> is a discontinued <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary software</a> application for <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> which allowed users to run a copy of <a href="/wiki/Windows_9x" title="Windows 9x">Windows 9x</a>, <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> or <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> applications on their <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> desktop.<sup id="cite_ref-sams_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sams-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Win4Lin was based on <a href="/wiki/Merge_(software)" title="Merge (software)">Merge</a> software, a product which changed owners several times until it was bought by TreLOS Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citing changes in the desktop virtualization industry, the software's publisher, Virtual Bridges, has discontinued Win4Lin Pro.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2006, Win4Lin came in three different versions, depending on the virtualization requirements of the user.<sup id="cite_ref-suse_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Win4Lin 9x allowed the user to run a full copy of <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">Windows 98</a> or <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a> inside a virtual machine.<sup id="cite_ref-suse_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Win4Lin Home allowed users to only emulate applications.<sup id="cite_ref-suse_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Win4Lin Pro offered users the ability to install a fully virtualized <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> or <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-suse_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suse-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Win4Lin 9x/Pro (henceforth the only technology discussed in this section) operates by running Windows applications in a <a href="/wiki/Virtual_machine" title="Virtual machine">virtual machine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sams_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sams-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike <a href="/wiki/Wine_(software)" title="Wine (software)">Wine</a> or <a href="/wiki/CrossOver" class="mw-redirect" title="CrossOver">CrossOver</a> which are compatibility layers, virtualization-based software such as <a href="/wiki/VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a> or Win4Lin require users to have a Windows license in order to run applications since they must install a full copy of Windows within the virtual machine.<sup id="cite_ref-bushong_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bushong-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike <a href="/wiki/VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a>, however, Win4Lin provides the virtual guest operating system with access to the native Linux filesystem, and allows the Linux host to access the guest's files even when the virtual machine is not running.<sup id="cite_ref-sams_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sams-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bushong_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bushong-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the convenience this offers, <a href="/wiki/Computerworld" title="Computerworld">Computerworld</a> found in their 2002 review that Win4Lin gained significant performance over VMware by using the native Linux filesystem, but also noted that this approach (unlike VMware's) limited the installation of only one version of Windows on a Win4Lin machine.<sup id="cite_ref-bushong_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bushong-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Win4Lin application starts it displays a window on the Linux desktop which contains the Windows desktop environment. Users can then install or run applications as they normally would from within Windows. Win4Lin supports Linux printers, internet connections, and Windows networking, but as of 2000<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, does not support DirectX and by extension most Windows games.<sup id="cite_ref-infoworld_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infoworld-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They also offered Win4BSD for <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Win4Lin was initially based on <a href="/wiki/Merge_(software)" title="Merge (software)">Merge</a> software originally developed at <a href="/wiki/Locus_Computing_Corporation" title="Locus Computing Corporation">Locus Computing Corporation</a>, and which changed hands several times until it ended in the assets of NeTraverse, which were purchased in 2005 by Win4Lin, Inc.<sup id="cite_ref-home_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-home-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, they introduced Win4Lin Pro, which was based on a “tuned” version of <a href="/wiki/QEMU" title="QEMU">QEMU</a> and KQEMU, and it hosted <a href="/wiki/Windows_NT" title="Windows NT">Windows NT</a>-versions of Windows.<sup id="cite_ref-pro1.0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro1.0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2006, Win4Lin released Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server,<sup id="cite_ref-VDS_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VDS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later named Win4VDI based on the same code base. Win4VDI for Linux served Microsoft Windows desktops to thin clients from a Linux server.<sup id="cite_ref-VDI_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VDI-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was integrated into VERDE on March 9, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Win4Lin, Inc. discontinued Win4Lin 9x on May 30, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-pro3.0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro3.0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Win4Lin Pro Desktop product ceased to be supported in March 2010.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Win4Lin version history </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Product line</th> <th>Release date</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin 1.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>March/April 2000</td> <td>Initial version. Support for <a href="/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">98</a> installed directly to the Linux partition, file and printer sharing.<sup id="cite_ref-lawrence_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawrence-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Desktop 2.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>December 5, 2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Symmetric_multiprocessing" title="Symmetric multiprocessing">SMP</a> and audio support, European editions of Windows 95 and 98 installable.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NeTraverse Server Standard Edition 1.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x Terminal Server</td> <td>April 17, 2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Client-server" class="mw-redirect" title="Client-server">Client-server</a> version of Win4Lin Desktop 2.0, allowing computers to use Windows applications running on a server.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin 3.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>May 28, 2001</td> <td>Linux 2.4 and networking support, new graphical installer, built-in updater.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NeTraverse Server Standard Edition 1.1</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x Terminal Server</td> <td>July 11, 2001</td> <td>Update of NeTraverse Server to Win4Lin 3.0.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Workstation 4.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>May 20, 2002</td> <td>Support for English <a href="/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a>, Asian versions of <a href="/wiki/Windows_98_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows 98 SE">Windows 98 SE</a> and mouse scroll wheel.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Terminal Server 2.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x Terminal Server</td> <td>July 23, 2002</td> <td>Update of NeTraverse Server to Win4Lin Workstation 4.0.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Workstation Edition 5.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>May 20, 2003</td> <td>Support for French, Italian, German and Spanish versions of Windows Me, basic 2D <a href="/wiki/DirectX" title="DirectX">DirectX</a> applications, <a href="/wiki/Winsock_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Winsock 2">Winsock 2</a>, <a href="/wiki/ARts" title="ARts">aRts</a> multimedia system, as well as for being a <a href="/wiki/NetWare" title="NetWare">NetWare</a> client.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Terminal Server 2.5</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x Terminal Server</td> <td>July 29, 2003</td> <td>Upgrade of Terminal Server to Win4Lin Workstation Edition 5.0, with improved VNC support.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Workstation Edition 5.1</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>December 11, 2003</td> <td>Linux 2.6 support.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Terminal Server 3.0</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x Terminal Server</td> <td>January 13, 2004</td> <td>Upgrade of Terminal Server to Win4Lin Workstation Edition 5.1.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Home</td> <td>Win4Lin 9x</td> <td>January 29, 2005</td> <td>Cut-down version of Win4Lin 9x 5.1.<sup id="cite_ref-home_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-home-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Discontinued on January 26, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro 1.0</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>February 23, 2005</td> <td>QEMU-based solution. Supports <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> and experimentally <a href="/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">XP</a>. No kernel module required.<sup id="cite_ref-pro1.0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro1.0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro 1.1</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>May 2, 2005</td> <td>Full support for Windows XP, full integration between Linux and Windows filesystems.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro 2.0</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>September 1, 2005</td> <td>Performance improvements, including 16-bit code, support for <a href="/wiki/AMD64" class="mw-redirect" title="AMD64">AMD64</a> CPUs.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 2.6</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>February 28, 2006</td> <td>Sound support, execution and networking performance improvements.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 3.0</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>May 30, 2006</td> <td>Unattended installation dubbed One-Click-2-Windows, copy-on-write snapshots.<sup id="cite_ref-pro3.0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pro3.0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server</td> <td>WinVDI</td> <td>June 13, 2006</td> <td>Successor to Win4Lin Terminal Server, supporting Windows 2000 and XP. Server can be accessed using multiple protocols, including Win4Lin's client, <a href="/wiki/VNC" title="VNC">VNC</a> or <a href="/wiki/NoMachine" class="mw-redirect" title="NoMachine">NoMachine</a>. Clients can access either individual applications or desktops and print to printers connected to the client's computer. Windows installation can be reset while keeping the <a href="/wiki/Documents_and_Settings" class="mw-redirect" title="Documents and Settings">Documents and Settings</a> directory.<sup id="cite_ref-VDS_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VDS-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 3.5</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>November 30, 2006</td> <td>Support for variable-speed CPUs, pop-up menu for special key combinations, improved documentation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 4.0</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>March 19, 2007</td> <td>Shared clipboard between host and guest, enhanced graphics options for Windows XP guests, headless start, bridged networking support, better handling of non-English characters in filenames. A single license allows two concurrent user sessions at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Virtual Desktop Server 4.5</td> <td>WinVDI</td> <td>October 25, 2007</td> <td>Update of VDS to Win4Lin Pro Desktop 4.5.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 4.5</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>November 8, 2007</td> <td>Better audio support with <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture" title="Advanced Linux Sound Architecture">ALSA</a> and <a href="/wiki/EsounD" class="mw-redirect" title="EsounD">EsounD</a>, remote audio playback. Seamless color printing, improved mouse handling. Support for Linux 2.6.22 and newer.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Pro Desktop 5</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>May 15, 2008</td> <td>New user interface, <a href="/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine" title="Kernel-based Virtual Machine">KVM</a> support, seamless guest windows.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>WinVDI 5.0</td> <td>WinVDI</td> <td>August 8, 2008</td> <td>Update of VDS to Win4Lin Pro Desktop 5.0. Remote printing support.<sup id="cite_ref-VDI_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VDI-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Win4Lin Desktop 5.5</td> <td>Win4Lin Pro</td> <td>October/November 2008</td> <td>Maintenance release.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b> with: reviews from the EL section. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2014</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Many users reported that the 9x version ran windows software at near-native speed, even on quite low-powered machines, such as Pentium-IIs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nicholas Petereley praised Win4Lin in two of his columns in the year 2000, for its significantly faster performance than its competitor <a href="/wiki/VMware" title="VMware">VMware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-infoworld_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infoworld-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/X86_virtualization" title="X86 virtualization">x86 virtualization</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Win4Lin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-lawrence-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lawrence_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lawrence_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLawrence2000" class="citation web cs1">Lawrence, Tony (April 2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aplawrence.com/Reviews/win4lin.html">"WIN4LIN"</a>. <i>A.P. 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