With Cassowary you can run a Windows virtual machine and use Windows applications on Linux as if they were native applications, built upon FreeRDP and remote apps technology.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Run Windows applications as if they were native applications
- Opening files from a Linux host directly inside Windows applications
- Using Linux apps to open files that are on a Windows VM
- Allowing easy access between both the guest and host filesystems
- An easy-to-use configuration utility
- Creating an application launcher for Windows application
- Automatically suspending the VM when no Windows application is in use and automatically resuming it when required (virt-manager only)
Website: github.com/casualsnek/cassowary
Support:
Developer: Casu Al Snek
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Cassowary is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| Cassowary | Run Windows virtual machine on Linux |
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