Emulation is the process of running code native to something other than the machine you are using. This is usually facilitated by a program, often called an emulator.

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How is robust terminal emulation achieved in Ubuntu?

My question is using only Ubuntu and/or open source components, how is full terminal emulation with keyboard mapping, logging, and printing achieved in Ubuntu without purchasing a product? By using ...
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nintendo 64 emulation, confused with mupen 64pluse/m64py, project 64 freezes

I'm in a huge pickle. I'm trying to help a friend to whom I installed Linux for. He is happy with it since he gave up that old xp. but the problem now that we are both faced with is playing our 64 ...
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DeSmuMe: microphone does not work

I am trying to play The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks using DeSmuMe. However, the microphone is not working, and I cannot go any farther in the game without it. When I launch DeSmuMe from the ...
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Register IOS image in GNS3

I've installed gns3 and when I want to make any topologies with elements from left side panel I get this error: Please register at least one IOS image How can I fixed it? I suppose that I have to get ...
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Getting Star Wars - Rogue Squadron working on linux

I've tried using mupen64plus and project64 2.0 under wine, but both have failed to run correctly. The video is completely blank, although the audio seems to run fine. Even when I fullscreen the ...
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Install Ubuntu Touch in a virtual machine [duplicate]

How do I install the Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview a virtual environment? I have already downloaded the zip-files (phablet-flash -D -l -d manta). Is there any way to install them in a virtual ...
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Entering fullscreen in mednafen with ONE monitor?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS x86_64 with two mismatched monitors: one, a laptop @ 1366x768 native, the other an Asus @ 1920x1080 native res. How can I enter fullscreen with mednafen displaying on ...
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Is there an Ubuntu Touch emulator or a way to install it in a VM?

Is there any way to install Ubuntu Touch inside a virtual machine on a regular Ubuntu computer instead of on a phone or tablet? Or is there an emulator, like the one the Android SDK comes with?
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pSX 1.13 on 12.04 64bit

Okay so I've been wanting to get this emulator to run for a while now but I honestly don't know how or why it won't work. I think it might be because it's a 32bit program trying to run on a 64bit but ...
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Are there any PC-98 emulators for Ubuntu?

That is, are there any programs for emulating an NEC PC-9801 (the computer the first five Touhou games were made for) designed to run natively on Ubuntu (or Linux in general)? I haven't been able to ...
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USB barcode scanner reading incorrect values

We use an barcode reader. It runs on Ubuntu but reads different character. example: In barcode: 86912464 Ubuntu read as: 3~3~BDBCD here is my xinput list ali@ali-samsung:~$ xinput list ⎡ ...
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How to install a program from a .pkg file on ubuntu?

I recently downloaded microsoft office visio and was planning on using wine to install it on my laptop running ubuntu 12.04. But I can't access the .exe file.
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Ubuntu 9.10 server vs Ubuntu 12.10 server

I have a program running in cobol on a Ubuntu 9.10 server, both without the X enviroment only from the consule (tty1 -tty12) and telnet users using ALPHACOM V8 (windows terminal using LINUX emulator) ...
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Is there an emulator or wine type environment that would allow use of android apps on linux?

Basically, I have a kindle fire that uses a form of the android OS and was wondering if there was a way I could run similar apps on my Ubuntu system. Specifically I'd like the news reader program ...
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How to install Pcsx2 on ubuntu 12.10 x64

Hello im new to ubuntu and im trying to install pcsx2 emulator for ps2 games. i found out that there is a linux version of this program but its for x84, however i found some chatts about using some ...
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MAME , Metal Slug, and Neo Geo

I am trying to play Metal Slug in mame. I have both mslug.zip and neogeo.zip, both showing up in the games list, but when I try to run Metal Slug, it says I am missing one or more required files. ...
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Need ia32-libs to run 32bit app on 64 bit OS

I need to use the program topdrawer. There is only a 32 bit version of topdrawer available, so according to their wiki I need to install ia32-libs to use it. However, when I try sudo apt-get install ...
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Emulating IE in Ubuntu [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to install IE9, IE8, or IE7 in ubuntu 12.04.LTS I need to test my web site in Internet Explorer. Unluckily, I can't move it to Windows and run there. So what is the ...
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mame emulator failing to find roms

I installed mame emulator for ubuntu, and configured the mame.ini file. However, the problem is that whenever I start mame, it fails to locate any roms. I have tried multiple roms and changing the ...
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Is it possible to use a PS3 controller to emulate an xbox controller?

I have my PS3 controller connected through USB and while that works fine, no applications seem to support its keymap. So my question is whether it's possible to make it emulate an xbox controller ...
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How do I run Firefox OS as a standalone application?

I got the add-on for the Firefox OS simulator, and it works great! It even keeps functioning after Firefox is closed, so I can save processing power for other things. I'd like to run it as a ...
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How do you configure mupen64plus controls?

I installed mupen64plus from the repositories using Synaptic. I like the emulator (for the most part, a couple of graphics glitches on TLOZ Ocarina of Time), especially its performance on my old ...
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How to set up E-UAE Amiga emulator?

I always get nostalgic thinking about my good old Amiga 500 days and the many games I enjoyed playing on it. I ran the Amiga emulator WinUAE before on a Windows machine, but I have now switched to ...
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Is it possible to emulate a (windows) raid controller to recover a raid1 mirror?

So, Im gonna make a point to ask this question a couple of ways for the sake of wording, and how it might trigger a memory that someone might have experience. Heres what I have: 1. Two hard drives ...
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Android Emulator isn't working, getting error

I have Eclipse, and Phonegap, which, for those that don't know, phonegap allows me to create iOS, Android, Blackberry, etc. apps using HTML, CSS, and JS. But anyways, I know I have all of that set up ...
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How do I install the latest version of Mupen64? [closed]

Alright, I can't figure out how to install Mupen64 on Ubuntu 12.04. I'm gonna be moving in ~2 days with no internet connection for an indefinite amount of time, so that's why I'm asking for answers ...
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Software emulated OpenGL with higher version than my graphics card supports

I have an Intel GMA 950 chipset in my netbook. I want to learn how to write OpenGL shader programs with this fantastic tutorial and therefore need OpenGL 3.3. Sadly, my graphics card only supports ...
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How to Speed Up Desmume in Ubuntu 12.04

How to speed up desmume emulator? It only runs at speed of 45 fps. If I use frameskip, it becomes laggy. My processor is Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU 2.30GHZ and my ram is 2.00GB Is there anything I can ...
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BasiliskII in12.04

I'm trying to install Basilisk2 on 12.04. I converted the rpm from http://basilisk.cebix.net/#download to deb. Running it, however, gives me: BasiliskII: error while loading shared libraries: ...
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How do I install mupen64plus?

I'm new to Ubuntu and Linux and I just downloaded mupen64plus 1.99.5 and it came as a *.tar.gz file. I found some guides about how to install a .tar.gz file with the terminal but it doesn't work. How ...
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PCSX not loading after new game start

I am running pcsx on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, and I tried running Chrono Cross as an .iso file. As soon as I start the new game, the screen goes black and it does not load. Any advice? I installed pcsx ...
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Stuck with “Launching new emulator”

I'm a windows user and I decided to use ubuntu 12.04 for developing android apps I googled instruction for installing sdk and jdk.. i follow every steps.. and i've create a test application "Hello ...
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How do you emulate a Bluetooth keyboard?

Well I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Samsung R410 (newer version!) and I have many bluetooth enabled devices with horrible virtual keyboards, and I would like to connect them to bluetooth keyboards, but I ...
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MAME crashes on a fresh new installed Ubuntu 12.04 with illegal instruction core dumped [closed]

I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04, along with the updates, and then installed Mame via apt-get. The installation went fine, but now when I run it I get "Illegal Instruction - Core Dumped". Any ...
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VisualBoy Advance game colour problem - Ubuntu 12.04

I just downloaded VisualBoy Advance from the Ubuntu Software Center for the first time to play a ROM, to be specific Pokemon FireRed, which i downloaded from coolroms. When I run the ROM I see the ...
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Installing dgen removes ubuntu-desktop

I am trying to install "dgen" a Sega MegaDrive/Genesis emulator, available in the official Ubuntu repositories. But when I try to install, the package manager (USC or even apt-get), say's that he ...
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Can't to run games .ISO on PCSX(Ubuntu 12.04)

I try to run ps1 games on PSCX using by .ISO file And i already set SCPH1001.BIN. but stuck on this error: CD ROM failed The CD does not appear to be a valid Playstation CD
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Emulator PCSX Reloaded - Fullscreen not working on Unity

I have an older PS1 console with a couple of games I bought some years ago. On my pc, I'm using PCSX Reloaded - the best PS1 emulators for Linux I found so far. But I'm having a little issue on ...
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Android Emulator-The SDK install and use flying over the brains [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Android emulators for Ubuntu? I am not a very advanced programer as such.. I want to try different Android apps on my Ubuntu 12.04 like whats app etc.. But unlike ...
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How can I get Mupen64 and my game saves on 12.04?

I recently upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04, and I had a bunch of game progresses saved from my Mupen64 emulator. I kept my roms, so I figure I kept my saves as well, but I can't find Mupen64 in the ...
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Running WoW on ubuntu, is it possible to fix the weird “Alt” button behavior? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I modify or disable the HUD's use of the Alt key? I've managed to get WoW working smoothly through wine (quite impressed), but the Alt key seems to be ...
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Something like Parallels Desktop for Linux?

I'm not normally a fan of mac software implementations, but recently I saw a copy of Parallels Desktop for mac that I was very much impressed by. I looked into parallel's offerings for Linux (I was ...
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Pixel Shader to OpenGL converter

I am running ubuntu 11.10 on my computer and I would like to emulate a wii. I have a wii emulator running successfully on ubuntu, but it requires pixel shader. I am most sure that my graphics card has ...
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Emulator for iphone/ipod/ipad apps

Is there any emulator for linux which fully supports apple iphone/iphone/ipad apps? Any other way to run such apps on linux?
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How to configure Brother DCP-7030 Scanner?

Can I install my scanner drivers through wine, using the windows driver cd packaged with my scanner? I am using the Brother DCP-7030 Scanner and my system is running Ubuntu 11.10. I need help to set ...
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CMD.exe Emulator in Ubuntu to run .cmd/.bat file [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Executing .bat file The title says it all. I need to create batch files and run and test them. I dont have any Windows machine. If there was any cmd.exe emulator in ...
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404 error while trying to install WINE

I tried to install WINE onto ubuntu from which I have just downloaded, but It gives me a strange message after that. Failed to fetch ...
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pcsx2 on ubuntu x64

pcsx2(playstation 2 emulator)wont work under ubuntu 11.10 x64. it worked when i was running ubuntu 11.10 x86 and i heard it worked under(windows x86 x64) as well. when i downloaded the ...
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Game Console Emulators (Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Gameboy…)

What gaming console emulators are available in the latest 11.10 version. If my english is wrong about gaming console emulator I am referring to Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Gameboy and ...
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Running 64 bit Ubuntu distribution from 32 bit Ubuntu

Related to this question How do I run qemu with 64bit processor on a 64bit machine?, I'm trying to run latest ubuntu 11.10 64bit distribution under Ubuntu 11.04 32 bit using qemu on a core2duo (64 bit ...

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