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They are not even remotely the same thing. WINE is a compatibility layer that translates the Win32 API calls into POSIX equivalent. VirtualBox is virtualization
by computerex 9y ago
They are not even remotely the same thing. WINE is a compatibility layer that translates the Win32 API calls into POSIX equivalent. VirtualBox is virtualization where the whole OS is being virtualized.
- guelo 9y agoI would say that they are remotely the same thing: a way to run windows software on unixes.
- BugsJustFindMe 9y agoThe OS isn't being virtualized in VirtualBox, the hardware is. VirtualBox pretends to be a second computer inside your computer, but that second computer still needs its own real copy of an operating system.
- computerex 9y agoMy bad, you are right.