Re: [parisc-linux] Can I run popular Linux software on parisc-linux?

[Zibing Yang <email2bing@yahoo.com>]

--- Jeremy Drake <jeremyd@apptechsys.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 May 2002, Zibing Yang wrote:
> 
> > > > I'm not aware of anyone trying to run an IA32
> > > emulator on parisc-linux.
> > > 
> > > fyi, bochs compiled from CVS sources (with small
> > > modifications) worked 
> > > for me.
> > 
> > Helge, can you provide more information about your
> > computer running Bochs? Are you able to run, for
> > example, windows 98, install stardard
> windows-based
> > softwares? How's the speed compared to the same
> > software run on PC+windows? Why didn't use wine? 
> > I am still heavily relying on windows-based
> software
> > everyday, so would love to install a
> windows-emulator
> > on my hp workstation.
> > Thanks a lot.
> > zibing
> I also tried bochs on my parisc machine.  It works
> ok, although slow.  I 
> installed NT 4 in it.  I had a few problems, but I
> was able to work around 
> them.
> 
> The reason that wine won't work is that wine is just
> a windows system call 
> emulator.  The program executes on the cpu, and I'm
> sure that none of your 
> windows programs will run on a parisc cpu :)
> 

How about plex86? Plex 86, bochs and wine are all
listed on
http://packages.debian.org/testing/allpackages.html.
I am confused because I thought all packages listed
there ought to work with parisc.


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