Will Fitlet run common apps under Win7 & Linux?

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Indi
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Will Fitlet run common apps under Win7 & Linux?

Post by Indi »

Will Fitlet run off-the-shelf, common apps under Windows 7 and Linux?

I know this may sound like a silly question, but its doesn't seem clearly stated in FAQs or Docs. Win7 is generally run on x86 hardware. And, after reading a few places that Linux on Media boxes could leave users very disappointed, even if they get the desktop environ up, because of the few apps that run on SoCs (might be old info).

So, after installing the choice of OpSys, can a user install regular Win7 apps and/or Linux repository packages? Or, does software need to be recompiled to run on this hardware?

Will it dual boot Win7 & Linux and share a data partition?

Will Linux on this hardware run Win Apps using WINE?

tirsojrp
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Re: Will Fitlet run common apps under Win7 & Linux?

Post by tirsojrp »

Yes

irads

Re: Will Fitlet run common apps under Win7 & Linux?

Post by irads »

fitlet is a VERY standard PC in that respect. All Windows and Linux applications should be 100% compatible.

Where are the "gotcha's" with other small systems?
Architecture (mostly ARM) - fitlet is AMD x86.
Non-standard BIOS - fitlet has AMI BIOS with both UEFI and legacy support.
Insufficient RAM - fitlet supports up to 8 gb
Insufficient storage / no SATA - fitlet has mSATA up to 1 TB or so.
Limited graphics, no DirectX / openGL - this was in fact a limitation with fit-PC2, but fitlet has Radeon built-in.

Bottom line - performance might not always be high, but compatibility is perfect.

Windows installation works.
Dual boot is possible.
Wine should work.

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