Portable desktop/applications for Linux. We have some wintools but with issues

[Luke -Jr]

On Monday 18 August 2008, Bradley Hook wrote:
> > Qemu is GPL and cannot be linked with unfree code at all.
>
> Don't even go there. You can't *redistribute* it with unfree additions
> to the code. The GPL lets you link it against whatever you want.

You can't redistribute it with such links. Context-- the scope of copyright 
law.

> > Kiosks generally won't let you load foreign binaries at all. Not just
> > qemu, but also Thunderbird or anything else. If they allow executing
> > arbitrary binaries, then qemu should work just fine out of the box.
>
> Qemu is a resource hog, and some of the features (like bridging network
> connectivity) don't work without admin privileges. So while Qemu might
> be just as likely to *run*, it doesn't mean it is just as likely to
> *work as intended*.

Network bridging is an OS feature, so whether it requires admin privs or not 
is up to your OS. Thankfully, qemu doesn't *need* bridged networking for much 
anything.