Ubuntu users get easy access to Windows apps

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 6, 2008 11:41 PM EDT
ZDNet Asia; By Matthew Broersma
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Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation. The company is making Parallels Workstation for Linux available to users via the operating system's built-in software update tool, using a feature called the Ubuntu Partner Repository. Parallels Workstation allows users to run Windows and Linux simultaneously on a single system.

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