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Wine for Android?

Anybody know of a utility, like Wine for Linux, that will allow an Android device to run apps written for WM?

Now is 2years left for first post for this user. Is now wine for android?

Well...
Calm down, man. Just try to wait another couple of years

WP7 apps are written in C# using Silverlight. If you search the internet for Silverlight for Android you can find a few articles which says Microsoft is about to port it to Android, but you can't find anything yet.

Hi,
since january 2011 there is an windos (win95) emulator by Chris Burchett available in the market.
Cheers

ummmm wine won't work on android devices since our cpus aren't x86
Wine Is Not an Emulator

WINE would be cool. I downloaded the Amiga Emulator for Android. That is slick having the Amiga OS run on a phone.

axy_david said:
ummmm wine won't work on android devices since our cpus aren't x86
Wine Is Not an Emulator
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yep doesnt look like it either
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/02/...-soon-be-able-to-run-windows-apps-on-android/

Windows RT Apps on Android
There is a solution for what you ask! Go to Google Code, search for win8-on-android and follow the directions!
This will let you run open source Windows RT 8 apps for ARM. Not exactly what you wanted but close enough.

Hey people, windows 7 or Linux???

I know this has nothing to do with phones but I want to know what minds on this forum think. Thanks!
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Linux, of course.
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I use Linux, Win7 and OSX depending on what I'm doing...but Linux is certainly my favorite, especially for development, and for phones!!! = : ]
By the way this should probably have gone into the off topic section (although I did just tie it back into phones!!!)

MrBultitude said:
I use Linux, Win7 and OSX depending on what I'm doing...but Linux is certainly my favorite, especially for development, and for phones!!! = : ]
By the way this should probably have gone into the off topic section (although I did just tie it back into phones!!!)
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Exactly what he said. I have a macbook pro,and through Vmware Fusion I use win7, Ubuntu and CentOS when I need them. I find CentOS to be the lightest and fastest Linux I've used although I haven't really tried alot of the other Linux images.
MoPhoACTV Initiative

I have installed both Linux (openSUSE) and Windows 7. I only need Windows if i need to run a Windows program which I can't run in Linux using wine, so I use Windows very, very seldom.

I also have both installed. it's a matter of what do you need. I only use Linux for software developing but, W7 is more "friendly" to the user..

windows 7 ....

Ihave windows 7 installed, and use a few different Linux live distro's for work and play.
Knoppix
Kubuntu
Ubuntu
UBCD
Gparted
Android X86

Ohschit said:
I know this has nothing to do with phones but I want to know what minds on this forum think. Thanks!
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I have both. I am primarily using Windows 7 until I can freaking get adb set up on Linux. The only thing I don't like about Linux is how almost everything is done through terminal.
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Waddle said:
I have both. I am primarily using Windows 7 until I can freaking get adb set up on Linux. The only thing I don't like about Linux is how almost everything is done through terminal.
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If you're scared of the terminal, then start off with beginner's Linux, Ubuntu. I'm not poking fun at you or anything, but my 14 year old sister uses Ubuntu. She prefers it over Windows. Linux isn't the ugly monster it once was. Personally, I use Windows 7 Pro x64 for work, and Mint Linux for personal use. I'm following the development on Haiku very closely, though.

I'm using linuxmint. I think it's easier to use linux with my android, especially to connect to it using adb and running root shell, because the terminal is the same.
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wow - all people so calm here
Where are the ****ing nerds - freaking out when the word windows even comes up? *lol*
Well I loved those question ever since - as u can't tell this in general at all.
- user friendlyness and hardware support:
still win7 since any hardware developer focuses on win drivers
even linux is a lot better now compared to former times (I still have some pieces of hardware wich are not or just half working)
-stability:
never had a bluescreen with win7 again, even some crappy hardware drivers still can affect it
linux stable anyway as long as u dont play around with the kernel
-networking
u got other win7 pc's at home or even use homegroups,... -> win7
(since ms changed something in the smb encryption in win7)
But the most important question is:
What are u doing with your computer?
e.g.
- Games:
defnitly Win7
- Programming:
in general -> Win7 or linux
.Net, VB, C#, Win Phone,... -> Win7 (as u won't find software for linux)
- surfing and all other stuff u want to do:
doesn't matter at all - beside some flash and silverlight functionality
- and what is most important!:
Do u need some programs like: Ableton Live, any Adobe, most CAD,...
Cause those will force you to win7
From my stand atm:
I tried linux again and again over the past 12 years now and each time I came back to win due to some missing applications or some malfunctioning hardware.
Anyway there are just a few things u can do with linux that u can't do with win7.
But there are several limitations on linux due to missing professional programs.
Even there is wine,... and dualboot and VM's
But as I hate to reboot I use Win7 as main operating system and linux in a VM (wich i barely use).
Actualy there are just 2 things I miss on my win7: fancy accelerated desktop, pulseaudio (for sound over ip)
Anyway:
From starting point. If somebody doesn't own a system yet and just want's to do basic stuff (office, surfing,..) or even some programing -> use linux as its free
If u then need some other fucntionality u need windows for -> go buy it

Well I'd say Linux, Ubuntu is a very good one to use and now you can use Gnome 3 with it which is just...so so good
What applications do you use on Windows? If you struggle after saying browser and Itunes, it's a no brainer. Also Antivirus doesn't count
If you use Office applications such as Word, Libre office is a great replacement and there are many add-ons you can install to improve the usability.
I Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 and have OpenSuse, Mint, Backtrack and Fedora on live USB's and plan on having them on a separate laptop once I can afford it. If it wasn't for my study I wouldn't even use Windows 7
Oh and you can save some cash!

Hey guys,
just wondering if I installed Linux can I switch back to Windows 7 easily or not? Also will programs such as Adobe software, iTunes, uTorrent and Microsoft Office work fine?
Thanks

Windows 7...Direct X.

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hey guys,
just wondering if I installed Linux can I switch back to Windows 7 easily or not? Also will programs such as Adobe software, iTunes, uTorrent and Microsoft Office work fine?
Thanks
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Yes you can it's quite simple. You may want to Dual boot though, which is very simple and Ubuntu is one of the best for this (By this I mean the guide it gives you while doing it, mainly yes, and no questions)
Although the software will pose a problem, you will need to find alternatives for Itunes you have banshee inbuilt into Ubuntu, as well as Libre office and there is a download for torrent on Linux and there are multiple alternatives. As for Adobe software which do you mean? GIMP is a good alternative to Photoshop and you can download a flash plugin to view flash.

For me, its LinuxMint Debian Edition (With Gnome3) on my main laptop. I have been Windows Free for 5 years and loving it

Amosela said:
Yes you can it's quite simple. You may want to Dual boot though, which is very simple and Ubuntu is one of the best for this (By this I mean the guide it gives you while doing it, mainly yes, and no questions)
Although the software will pose a problem, you will need to find alternatives for Itunes you have banshee inbuilt into Ubuntu, as well as Libre office and there is a download for torrent on Linux and there are multiple alternatives. As for Adobe software which do you mean? GIMP is a good alternative to Photoshop and you can download a flash plugin to view flash.
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Thanks for the informative reply.
I meant as in Adobe Master Collection (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro etc). I'm familiar with GIMP, it's how I first got into graphic-design! I'll definitely do some reading up on Ubuntu and Linux in general.
Thanks a bunch.

CurtisAndroid5 said:
Thanks for the informative reply.
I meant as in Adobe Master Collection (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier Pro etc). I'm familiar with GIMP, it's how I first got into graphic-design! I'll definitely do some reading up on Ubuntu and Linux in general.
Thanks a bunch.
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Glad I can help.
Unsure about alternatives on the others, some research into it should have some promising alternatives. Glad your familiar with GIMP!
Good luck I hope everything goes well.
Once again glad I can help.

surfer2.3 said:
Windows 7...Direct X.
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Direct X is one of the worst things about Windows.
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Wine in Ubuntu on TF

Hi,
i have just to run Ubuntu in my TF, it works great for me and now i want to install WineHQ. I think that wine isnt compabitile with ARM devices but somewhere i read,that from version 1.4 its have to be. But if i tried to install it in Ubuntu its says me,that the program isnt compabitile with my device. Have anyone of you run the Wine?Or do you know,where i can find the Arm version?
Thanks

http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.4
Not sure yet, but if someone else tries and gets successful, report back! I am very interested in this.

i don't see how it'll be compatible with arm... what wine basically does is it redirects requests for libraries that are in windows to those that are available in linux.
and then theres this: WINE=Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Quote from http://wiki.winehq.org/ARM:
"Windows apps are mostly compiled for x86 and they won't run on ARM with bare Wine, so this is not our motivation. The original Motivation was to be able to run winelib-apps on ARM, that even was before it got public that win8 will run on ARM devices."

Exactly - without emulating an x86 processor, you can't run an x86 app. That means no steam, not even notepad. No windows apps.

Strange that this thread has stopped as there is a thread in the gt540 forum linking to a thread where someone got it running through a memory card ubuntu install.
Although I think things like dual booting ubuntu and android and running things like wine will become truly interesting and less hacked once armv8 chips hit the market
FOUND IT!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17469201
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Is there a X86 emulator for android better than Bochs?

Hey, guys! I want to emulate Mac OS X 10.9 in my Moto X... Just a few questions:
1-I read that emulators are not virtual machines.. what's the difference between them?
2-There's an emulator/virtual machine for android that runs better and faster than Bochs?
3-There's an way to acess the internet and listen audio in the emulator?
Thank You and sorry about the english because i'm brazilian...

pedrocarboni said:
Hey, guys! I want to emulate Mac OS X 10.9 in my Moto X... Just a few questions:
1-I read that emulators are not virtual machines.. what's the difference between them?
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You are correct in that they are different, but are very closely related. Emulators are programs that allow you to run programs from one CPU instruction set on another. For example, Intel and AMD CPU's run the x86 instruction set, while most phones and tablets use the ARM instruction set. An emulator will let you run x86 code on an ARM system, or the other way around. Unfortunately, other hardware has to have special support (video card, sound card, networking). It can also run x86 code on an x86 system. This is useful to run two operating systems on one computer at a type (such as Windows and Linux, MacOS and Windows, etc.).
A Virtual Machine is probably best explained by using the Java language as an example. When you write a Java program and compile it, it turns the readable code into something called "bytecode". Its similar to x86 and ARM in the sense that it breaks down instructions into the simplest possible form, however, its for a computer that doesn't exist, a "virtual" computer. The system is designed so a program called a "Virtual Machine" can easily run the instructions on any computer, no matter if its running on an x86 computer, or ARM computer, or is running Windows, Linux, MacOS, or Android.
2-There's an emulator/virtual machine for android that runs better and faster than Bochs?
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Unfortunately I don't know. However, I think that most Android devices would have difficulty emulating MacOS since they have very limited CPU and RAM resources.
3-There's an way to acess the internet and listen audio in the emulator?
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This depends on the emulator, but most definitely. For example, the Virtualbox x86 emulator provides devices to the emulated system to do just this.
Thank You and sorry about the english because i'm brazilian...
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Your English is quite good. No need to apologize for it . I hope I was of some help.

nhakobian said:
You are correct in that they are different, but are very closely related. Emulators are programs that allow you to run programs from one CPU instruction set on another. For example, Intel and AMD CPU's run the x86 instruction set, while most phones and tablets use the ARM instruction set. An emulator will let you run x86 code on an ARM system, or the other way around. Unfortunately, other hardware has to have special support (video card, sound card, networking). It can also run x86 code on an x86 system. This is useful to run two operating systems on one computer at a type (such as Windows and Linux, MacOS and Windows, etc.).
A Virtual Machine is probably best explained by using the Java language as an example. When you write a Java program and compile it, it turns the readable code into something called "bytecode". Its similar to x86 and ARM in the sense that it breaks down instructions into the simplest possible form, however, its for a computer that doesn't exist, a "virtual" computer. The system is designed so a program called a "Virtual Machine" can easily run the instructions on any computer, no matter if its running on an x86 computer, or ARM computer, or is running Windows, Linux, MacOS, or Android.
Unfortunately I don't know. However, I think that most Android devices would have difficulty emulating MacOS since they have very limited CPU and RAM resources.
This depends on the emulator, but most definitely. For example, the Virtualbox x86 emulator provides devices to the emulated system to do just this.
Your English is quite good. No need to apologize for it . I hope I was of some help.
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Hey guy! Thank you so much for the help! I thought it was the same thing...
Anyway, I already saw Bochs emulating Windows 7 without lag on the Samsung Galaxy S5..
Thank you!

hmmm....try limbo...

[Q] Run a ARM virtual machine on Android.

Hello!
I would like to run Raspbian on my phone, I have a Moto X 2014, so I think hardware will not be a problem... The problem is, how to create a VM for running ARM on Android? I've already emulated a Windows XP on this using Limbo PC emulator, but XP runs on x86... I see a lot of x86 emulators for Android, but no one ARM" emulator" ironically... :v
Anyone knows a ARM "emulator" for Android or, how to run Raspbian on It?
Thanks!

No one?

Found it? Or not yet .. (

StepVolt said:
Found it? Or not yet .. (
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IMO to make VMs on Android is an impossibility and this due to several technical restrictions.