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Old 02-01-2002, 04:10 PM   #1
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Wine

windows sumthin sunthing sumthing??
what is it and what does it do??
 
Old 02-01-2002, 05:05 PM   #2
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Wine is a emulator, it creates a fake parition in your /home/user directory and makes Windows based programs think its running on a Windows box, but its actually Linux.

For more information, visit http://winehq.com
 
Old 02-01-2002, 05:18 PM   #3
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erm.. wine is NOT an emulator
 
Old 02-01-2002, 06:26 PM   #4
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Ya I know, I didn't mean to say it was an emulator
 
Old 02-01-2002, 07:40 PM   #5
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Yeah, it's a 'compatibility layer', or something, isn't it? Do any of you guys know of a Linux 'compatability layer' for Windows. I've heard of cygwin, and read about it, but it sounds like it could quite easily cause many-a-headache.
 
Old 02-02-2002, 01:11 AM   #6
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