SAN DIEGO, and AUSTIN, Texas, March 4 Linspire, Inc. developer of CNR.com, an easy-to-use, one-click digital software delivery service for desktop Linux software, and Virtual Bridges, Inc. developers of the award-winning Win4Lin Pro virtualization software, today announced the immediate availability of Win4Lin Pro Desktop 4.5 through CNR.com's one-click Linux software delivery service located at http://www.cnr.com/product/win4lin. Available at a special introductory price of $34.99, Win4Lin Pro Desktop provides consumers, SMBs and enterprise customers an easy-to-use virtualization solution that allows Freespire 2.0, Linspire 6.0, Ubuntu 7.04 & 7.10 desktop Linux users to run Windows on Linux and assists in the complete migration process to desktop Linux.
"Virtualization solutions continue to draw strong interest as users continue to migrate over to the desktop Linux world," said Larry Kettler, President and CEO of Linspire. "Win4Lin Pro is the first of a number of virtualization products that will be available through CNR.com's one-click installation service.
"Virtual Bridges is proud to be a part of the ground-breaking CNR.com initiative," said Jim Curtin, president and CEO of Virtual Bridges. "Reaching the mass market through the easy-to-use, revolutionary CNR.com site means that the efficiencies and productivity gains of Win4Lin virtualization can now be enjoyed not only by enterprise customers, but now also by mainstream consumers as well."
Win4Lin Pro runs Windows as a Linux application and stores documents and settings in the Linux file system without dual booting. Integration with the user's Linux environment -- whether it is one specialized application or the whole desktop, Win4Lin Pro provides seamless support for Windows-on-Linux.
"Virtual Bridges has been offering products through CNR Technology for over 5 years now and we are excited to help expand their market reach with our new CNR.com service," continued Kettler. "Providing Windows users the benefits of Linux, while providing them access to specific Windows programs they still rely on is key to stimulating Linux adoption."
Win4Lin 4.5 Pro Desktop Highlights include:
- Support for multimedia-rich LTSP setups, including remote audio playback and recording to/from the terminals -- Full bridged networking functionality and options --
- Support for newer Linux host kernels (2.6.22 and up) --
- New full-screen Windows session option from Linux login screen -- Improved, dynamic single-application launch capabilities --
- Automatic, seamless default color printing, and improve printing performance -- Improve mouse tracking and click response on remote displays -- Maintenance roll-up from 4.0, many other bug fixes and minor enhancements --
- Automatic support for ALSA playback and recording
- Automatic detection and support for EsounD playback and recording
- Other Features of Win4Lin Pro Desktop:
Pricing & Availability
- Win4Lin Pro Desktop is available immediately for download and purchase at http://www.cnr.com/product/win4lin.
- Basic CNR price: $69.99
- Premium CNR price: $34.99
- Win4Lin Pro 9X users will be able to upgrade at a discounted price of $19.99.
