One of the best things to do with a Linux box is to run programs for other operating systems on it.

Linux 机器能做的最有用的工作之一就是在它上面运行其它操作系统的程序。

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The column often touches on ways to use Linux that aren't as well known as they should be: Linux for Fortran programs, Linux for applications designed for legacy operating systems, and so on.

本专栏经常涉及使用 Linux 的方法，这些方法并不象理所应当的那样众所周知：将 Linux 用于 Fortran 程序、将 Linux 用于专为旧操作系统设计的应用程序等等。

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There are many different tools available to help debug programs on Linux.

帮助调试Linux上的程序有许多不同的工具可供使用。

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It also has slashed some prices and set plans to link some programs to Linux, even while trying to kill off the rival by telling customers it is risky, unreliable and a dubious bargain.

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Just as cheap personal computers undermined the mainframe business in the 1980s and open-source programs like Linux and Mysql are challenging Microsoft and Oracle today, outfits like Fastcase are attacking Wexis' stranglehold on legal research from the bottom up.

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Yet the popularity of open-source programs such as the Linux operating system continued to grow.

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