Odin (known before as Win32-OS/2) is a project to run Microsoft Windows programs on OS/2 or convert them to OS/2 native format. It also provides the Odin32 API to compile Win32 (Windows API) programs for OS/2. The project's goals are:
- Every Windows program should load and operate properly.
- Create a complete OS/2 implementation of the Win32 API.
| Initial release | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.9.0[1]
/ 28 July 2017 |
| Repository | |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | odin |
Although this is far from complete, much of the Win32 API is not widely used, so partial implementation will give usable results. Odin32 is already used commercially for the OS/2 port of the Opera web browser.[2] Odin is included in the ArcaOS operating system.[3][4]
Technical overview
editOdin achieves binary compatibility by converting Win32 executables and dynamic-link libraries to OS/2 format. Conversion can be done on the fly (each time the application is run) or permanently. Odin does not use emulation or a compatibility layer.
Odin identifies itself to Windows applications as Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.
Odin uses code from Wine, which runs Win32 applications on Unix-like operating systems.
Name
editThe project is named after Odin, the god of wisdom and supreme god of Germanic and Norse mythology.
References
edit- ^ "changelog in tags/0.9.0".
- ^ Watson, Dave (21 July 2001). "A Quick Look at Opera". The Southern California OS/2 User Group. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Compatibility Subsystems". Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ Wenham, Chris (1997). "The Win32-OS/2 Project: Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands". OSNews. Retrieved 2023-03-23.