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<p>Win4Lin is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary software</a> application for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> which allowed users to run a copy of <a href="/facts/Windows_9x/f1zwlghw">Windows 9x</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows_2000/amJIt9gz">Windows 2000</a> or <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP</a> applications on their <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> desktop. Win4Lin was based on <a href="/facts/Merge_(software)/jCWggnhl">Merge</a> software, a product which changed owners several times until it was bought by TreLOS Inc. Citing changes in the desktop virtualization industry, the software's publisher, Virtual Bridges, has discontinued Win4Lin Pro. </p>