Interoperability

This article lists what is possible regarding Linux-Windows Interoperability.

You work on a Linux computer

• If you want to access or provide network drives, use samba.
• If you want to control a Windows computer, use rdesktop.
• If you want to run Windows executables, use wine.
• To send a message to a Windows computer use

echo "hallo" | smbclient -M netbiosComputerName &> /dev/null

You work on a Windows computer

• If you want to copy files to/from a Linux computer, use WinSCP.
• If you want to control a Linux computer, use xming.

Other

• If you want to use a USB disk with Linux and Windows and you want to use files greater than 2GB, use ntfs.
• If you want to use your keyboard and mouse on any computer, use synergy.
• If you have Windows and Linux and want to use the Windows bootloader, do

dd if=/dev/sdx3 bs=512 count=1 of=/windows/C/bootsek.lin

Note - in this example we assume your Linux partition is /dev/sdx3. Now enter into C:\boot.ini the following line:

c:\bootsek.lin="Linux"

Note

Why dual-boot if you can have virtual machines?