code base. Win4VDI for Linux served Microsoft Windows desktops to thin clients from a Linux server. Virtual Bridges discontinued support for Win4Lin 9x in 2007. The Win4Lin Pro Desktop product ceased to be supported in March 2010. Reception Many users reported that the 9x version ran windows software at near-native speed, even on quite low-powered machines, such as Pentium-IIs. Nicholas Petereley praised Win4Lin in two of his columns in the year 2000, for its significantly faster performance than its competitor VMware. See also x86 virtualization References External links Win4Lin 5.0 makes big improvements, Linux.com, 2008 Win4Lin Pro Desktop 4.0 lags behind free alternatives, Linux.com, 2007 Break the Hardware Upgrade Cycle with Win4Lin Windows Virtual Desktop Server, Linux Journal, 2007 Run Windows On Linux: Win4Lin Revisited [Win4Lin Pro 3.0 review], Tom's Hardware, 2006 INQUIRER helps debug Win4Lin Pro [2.7], The Inquirer, 2006 Product Review — Running Windows on Linux, Win4Lin 2.7 vs. VMware Workstation 5.5.1., Open Source Magazine, 2006 Review: Win4Lin Pro [2.0], Linux.com, 2005 A Look at Win4Lin 5.1, OSNews, 2004 Review of Win4Lin 4.0, OSNews, 2002 VMware Express 2.0 and Win4Lin 2.0: A Comparison Review, Linux Journal, 2001 TreLOS's Win4Lin (2000) Virtualization software Linux emulation software Discontinued software