An open-source developer from Shanghai initiated the ForeignLINUX project to enable users to run Linux binary files without any modification on Windows. The free software community has a similar project called Cygwin, but it needs to be re-compiled to run the software on Linux or BSD on Windows. ForeignLINUX bypasses this difficult process for common users. It is a dynamic binary translator and a Linux system call interface simulator, currently, it is an open-source developer from Shanghai who launched the Foreign LINUX project to enable users to run Linux binary files without any modification on Windows. The free software community has a similar project called Cygwin, but it needs to be re-compiled to run the software on Linux or BSD on Windows.
Foreign LINUX bypasses this process that is too difficult for common users. It is a dynamic binary translator and a Linux system call interface simulator. Currently, it is in the early development stage, linux tools that can run include bash, vim, nano, python, and gcc.
