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Re: I think you should make a Linux compatibility environment for Window
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Mike Hommey |
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Re: I think you should make a Linux compatibility environment for Windows... |
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Fri, 1 Dec 2006 07:59:50 +0100 |
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 09:38:43PM -0500, ??? ??? <address@hidden> wrote:
> ...because I'd like to run IceWeasel on my Windows machine...
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> The Linux compatibility environment is to parallel WINE, which is a
> Windows compatibility environment for Linux.
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> It would let Windows users run stuff that would normally only work on
> Linux, including IceWeasel. If you're going to be exclusive about what
> operating systems can run your new browser, by all means, go ahead, but
> I think it is a good idea if you really want to spread the word.
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> It would be licensed under the GNU, just like your GNU-Linux.
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> Firefox is cross-platform, why isn't IceWeasel?
Iceweasel is as much cross-platform. The only difference is that the
gnuzilla project, as far as I know, doesn't have means to build it on
Windows.
Mike