I see it everywhere ! WINE, WINE, WINE, now im WHININ !?

I have figured from all the hype that it is a way to install windows apps on linux ? Please help where do i download a compatible *exe file for this mystery program and please leave link for tutorial on how to use it. Thanx

exe = evil

you should use google :
http://www.winehq.com/

but before you start thinking wine is the messiah, you should know that "Wine is still under development, and it is not yet suitable for general use. Nevertheless, many people find it useful in running a growing number of Windows programs." (from wineHQ intro)

This mean, you can make some apps to run under Linux, but it's a real pain, habitually.

if you are using a rpm based linux you can go to this site and scroll down for the file.....WORKS GREAT ON RH 9!!!!!!!!


http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat.../RPMS.newrpms/

WINE is not an easy program use. It has tons of problems.

There are easier programs out there that can run windows or other OS. They are Win4lin, Bochs, and VMware. You can install any OS in Bochs and VMware because they virtualize or emulate a machine. Win4Lin needs windows installation disk and you can run any windows program. Bochs is free but still in its developing stages. Win4Lin cost about 99 US dollars but you can try it for 30 days for a trial. VMware is a very, very stable program that is much faster than all of them but it costs 300 US dollars and like Win4Lin you can try it for 30 days for a trial.

Win4Lin - http://www.netraverse.com/
Bochs - http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
VMware - http://www.vmware.com/

WinFree8, LINUX can not run exe files but only you don't have wine running as a daemon. Compiling programs are much better than installing from rpm files. You can get away with RPM files but sooner or later you have to compile a program. Many RPM files depend on other RPM files and this can create nightmares for you. Below are good web sites for beginners.

http://www.justlinux.com
http://www.tldp.org/

thank you that was very helpful but i dont think i will pay nearly as much as windows xp home cost to "emulate" windows system...ill dual boot before i do that...how do i create a script is what i need to know now....i got a GUI based WineX from a site called Franks Corner....

Thx for your help... Im a noob so im not to eager to screw up what i've already got. So wine can wait. Im dual-booting anyway.

Linux for control and programming
Windows for Gaming and Graphics software

Why choose.. have the best of both worlds