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How to run PB progs in Linux - Mannish Bhandari - 19.10.2025
I heard so many terrible stories about upgrading to Windows 11 I'm now interested to use Linux instead and I want to be able to run my PB
progs in Linux. how to do this ?
RE: How to run PB progs in Linux - Dale Yarker - 20.10.2025
(from Google)
People also ask:
Can I emulate Windows in Linux?
Wine allows you to run Windows apps natively on Linux without installing Windows. A Virtual Machine (VM), such as VirtualBox or KVM, creates a full Windows environment inside Linux, offering better compatibility at the cost of performance.
Have not tried any myself, so no idea how well any of them work.
I've had a bad upgrade experience. A Windows 7 notebook (not an 86 CPU) was updated without my asking to Windows 10. It was much slower. Slower still after each update. So slow it was start boot, make coffee, drink coffee before login, UNUSABLE!
My current laptop came with Windows 10, when MS tried to upgrade it said it could not be. (thank a deity)
Note: I also have a Windows 11 laptop, it is fine. Upgrading Windows on an existing machine - I say (expletive) no. The version of Windows the PC was shipped with is best. If you mean buy a new PC with Windows 11 by "upgrade", no problem.
Cheers,
RE: How to run PB progs in Linux - Albert Richheimer - 20.10.2025
(10 hours ago)Dale Yarker Wrote: I've had a bad upgrade experience. A Windows 7 notebook (not an 86 CPU) was updated without my asking to Windows 10. It was much slower. Slower still after each update. So slow it was start boot, make coffee, drink coffee before login, UNUSABLE!
I would NEVER EVER let Windows upgrade itself ("on the spot"). Best solution is to install the operation system from scratch. So you also get rid of your and your computer's unsused trash. Not to speak about the growing registry...
And it is also possible to install Win11 on a fairly old hardware, see here an experimental system (built in 2012):
![[Image: 50179581ma.png]](https://up.picr.de/50179581ma.png)
You also can install Win11 even without a Microsoft account. Look and feel of Win11 is almost the same as Win10, if you are installing some 3rd-party software, such as Classic Shell.
Cheers,
Albert
RE: How to run PB progs in Linux - Dale Yarker - 20.10.2025
" I would NEVER EVER let Windows upgrade itself ("on the spot")."
I didn't let it. Woke up one morning with "Welcome to Windows 10" on screen.
RE: How to run PB progs in Linux - Albert Richheimer - 20.10.2025
(3 hours ago)Dale Yarker Wrote: I didn't let it. Woke up one morning with "Welcome to Windows 10" on screen.
Never experienced this. For me this would be the moment to save all relevant files and re-install a copy of Windows from scratch. An upgraded Windows installation would be unusable for me.