To: N3WBI3
To: An.American.Expatriate
WINdows Emulator for Linux
10 posted on
02/17/2005 7:41:09 AM PST by
Ex-Dem
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To: An.American.Expatriate
What exactly is "Wine"? WINE is an implementation of the Windows APIs for non-Windows systems (typically UNIX and Linux variants). The purpose is to allow users to run programs written for the Windows OS on the other OS. In other words, I can buy Microsoft Office or Quicken written for WinXP, but run it on my Linux box.
It's not a perfect replacement, for many reasons (moving target, undocumented features, etc.), but for many applications, it's good enough.
11 posted on
02/17/2005 7:41:55 AM PST by
kevkrom
(If people are free to do as they wish, they are almost certain not to do as Utopian planners wish)
To: An.American.Expatriate
Is a Linux program that allows you to run some of the more popular software that is only released for windows on a Linux box. Things like MS Office, Visio, Project, AOL, IE, and others can be run on linux without a vm with WINE.
Ive never had much luck with it but I have never put more than a few hours into testing..
13 posted on
02/17/2005 7:42:02 AM PST by
N3WBI3
To: An.American.Expatriate
"What exactly is "Wine"?" An alcoholic beverage usually made from the fermentation of grapes.
92 posted on
02/17/2005 10:54:49 AM PST by
Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: An.American.Expatriate
What exactly is "Wine"?Wine Is Not Emulation.
For full details on the Microsoft move, see http://www.winehq.com/
111 posted on
02/17/2005 1:17:15 PM PST by
StopGlobalWhining
(Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
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