Editing Win4Lin (section)

{{Short description|Discontinued Linux software}}
{{confusing|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Win4Lin
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
| developer              = Virtual Bridges, Inc.
| released               = {{Start date and age|2000}}<ref name="lawrence"/>
| latest release version = 5.5
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2009|2|18}}
| operating_system       = [[Linux]]
| programming_language   = 
| discontinued           = yes
| genre                  = [[Hypervisor]]
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website                = {{Website defunct | 1 = http://win4lin.com/}}
}}
'''Win4Lin''' is a discontinued [[proprietary software]] application for [[Linux]] which allowed users to run a copy of [[Windows 9x]], [[Windows 2000]] or [[Windows XP]] applications on their [[Linux]] desktop.<ref name="sams"/> Win4Lin was based on [[Merge (software)|Merge]] software, a product which changed owners several times until it was bought by TreLOS Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TreLOS - Win4Lin FAQ's|url=http://trelos.com/win4lin_faqs.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000308021442/http://trelos.com/win4lin_faqs.html|archive-date=March 8, 2000|access-date=February 4, 2025|website=TreLOS}}</ref> Citing changes in the desktop virtualization industry, the software's publisher, Virtual Bridges, has discontinued Win4Lin Pro.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}