[Red-ufo]

Firstly I am not interested In Wine and other programs of the type, I've tried It before and It didn't work properly.
And before anyone says anything It came with the distribution of Linux, Xandros.
I admit I am not to hot with Linus, I have tried In the past and just went back to using windows mainly because It was to difficult.

I would like to get to know Linux, mainly because windows Is full of bugs.

All the programs that I use Is EXE, I am looking for a version of Linus that uses the exe file extension for auto booting of programs. Without the use of Wine and other programs of the type.

Is there such an operating system of Linux available?

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by Red-ufo

Firstly I am not interested In Wine and other programs of the type, I've tried It before and It didn't work properly.
And before anyone says anything It came with the distribution of Linux, Xandros.

I admit I am not to hot with Linus, I have tried In the past and just went back to using windows mainly because It was to difficult.

I would like to get to know Linux, mainly because windows Is full of bugs.

All the programs that I use Is EXE, I am looking for a version of Linus that uses the exe file extension for auto booting of programs. Without the use of Wine and other programs of the type.

Is there such an operating system of Linux available?

This simply doesn't exist, nor will it ever. Linux is not Microsoft Windows, and it never will be. They're fundamentally different. The EXE file extension is not some magic bullet that makes a program run better or run at all. When a program is running on the operating system for which it was designed, that alone makes it run and run well.

Linux doesn't use file extensions the way MS Windows does. Most executables in Linux don't have an extension at all. If all the programs you use are EXE files, look for native Linux alternatives. They're out there if you're willing to learn them.

[Red-ufo]

I understand what you're saying.
But has anyone ever tried to marry the Linus file structure with the exe file structure.
Into a bootable operating system, and what was the operating system.

Or Is this a tabo subject?

[i92guboj]

Originally Posted by Red-ufo

I understand what you're saying.
But has anyone ever tried to marry the Linus file structure with the exe file structure.
Into a bootable operating system, and what was the operating system.

Or Is this a tabo subject?

It's not taboo. It's just impossible.

The linux and windows binary formats are plainly incompatible. And that's nothing that any distro can solve. To sum up: if you want to run windows stuff on linux, then you are bound to wine. Period.

You can also try an alternative OS, like ReactOS:

Frontpage - ReactOS Website

ReactOS, unlike linux, aims to be compatible with windows at binary level. But I don't really know what its current status is. It might woth a try or it might not. I don't know.

But in linux, you are out of luck unless you are willing to use wine.

It's not about wanting or not wanting it. It's just that the binary format of the windows' .exe files work internally in a way that's fully incompatible with the linux kernel.

ADDENDUM: This is the way I see it, feel free to ignore these words if you don't agree with them:

If you are only using windows stuff, then you should really be looking into using windows and try to make it more stable in some way (for example, uninstall IE and install any other browser, same for media player, try to use lighter alternative programs when possible, etc etc).

If you are going to use windows programs in linux, the bugs of the programs will still be present. Linux or wine can't solve that.

If you really need to change your OS, you should be willing as well to change the applications that you are going to use and use native equivalents of your windows programs. That way you will solve all your problems... But, of course, there's another problem: it's not always possible to find an equivalent for a windows program on linux.

[Red-ufo]

I believe you are speaking about a UNIX based operating system are you.
I may just try this,
let me just say I do wish there was a Linus based operating system that did accept the exe file extension.
It could something for the future you never know

[i92guboj]

Originally Posted by Red-ufo

I believe you are speaking about a UNIX based operating system are you.

ANY unix clone (unix and bsd included) can't run an exe file on any easy way. You have to use an anternate native api, like wine, or a virtual machine or emulator.

let me just say I do wish there was a Linus based operating system that did accept the exe file extension.
It could something for the future you never know

I highly doubt it. It would need a complete redesing of the kernel and many other layers on the linux system. And that's not going to happen just to accomodate a few applications, when there are perfectly valid alternatives on most cases.

The needed *changes* would be that big -including a redesign of the whole OS- the if it's done it would no longer be linux, but any other thing with a new name.

[Red-ufo]

I do have a spare hard drive.
I am going to try KNOPPIX_V5.3.1 as well as ReactOS

[kostasan]

You can try Crossover Linux or Cedega Linux, which are distributions with WINE integrated, but neither is free (they still cost much less than vista).
Even these distributions will not give you 100% compatibility with exe files.

[techieMoe]

Originally Posted by kostasan

You can try Crossover Linux or Cedega Linux, which are distributions with WINE integrated, but neither is free (they still cost much less than vista).
Even these distributions will not give you 100% compatibility with exe files.

Neither Crossover nor Cedega are distributions of Linux. They are programs based on WINE code that offer specific features, such as the ability to play more games (Cedega) or more Office-related programs (Crossover). Cedega and Crossover will work on a number of different distributions, just like WINE.