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My son showed me ‘wine’ for linux

It emulates Windows


32 posted on 04/27/2023 2:15:01 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: George from New England
> My son showed me ‘wine’ for linux It emulates Windows

Well, good that you know about WINE. But it doesn't "emulate" Windows. In fact "WINE" stands for "WINE Is Not an Emulator".

It is just a set of software modules that allow Windows programs to run on Linux. It doesn't replace Linux, and it doesn't add Windows. It just gives the Windows program you want to run, the false impression that it's running in a Windows host instead of a Linux host.

WINE was developed so that Windows games could be run without paying for Windows. Over the years it has expanded and improved considerably, but it's still somewhat of a crap-shoot with regard to running Windows programs that it hasn't specifically been tested and tuned with.

That said, it's a great utility.

52 posted on 04/27/2023 3:22:51 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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