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96ca3ac6
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Oct 30, 2004
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Francois Gouget
Committed by
Alexandre Julliard
Oct 30, 2004
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Based on the last 36+ months Wine is released once a month on
average. Assorted spelling fixes and tweaks.
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<title>Further questions and comments</title>
<para>
If, after examining this guide, the FAQ, and other relevant
documentation there
's still something you can'
t figure out,
we
'
d love to hear from you. The <ulink
documentation there
is still something you canno
t figure out,
we
woul
d love to hear from you. The <ulink
url="http://www.winehq.org/site/forums">mailing lists</ulink>
section contains several mailing lists and an IRC channel, all
of which are great places to seek help and offer suggestions.
If you
'
re particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
If you
a
re particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
explained better, you can file a <ulink
url="http://bugs.winehq.org/">bug report</ulink> or <ulink
url="http://www.winehq.org/site/sending_patches">post a
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difficulty: not only must the user endure the frustration of
frequent rebooting, but programs for both platforms can't be
run simultaneously. Having Windows on a system also creates
an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a sep
e
rate
an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a sep
a
rate
disk partition, and is unable to read most filesystem formats,
making the sharing of data between operating systems difficult.
</para>
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<para>
Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any
Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. At its heart,
w
ine is an implementation of the Windows Application
W
ine is an implementation of the Windows Application
Programing Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between
the Windows program and Linux. Think of Wine as a compatibility
layer, when a Windows program tries to p
re
form a function that
layer, when a Windows program tries to p
er
form a function that
Linux doesn't normally understand, Wine will translate that
program's instruction into one supported by the system. For
example, if a program asks the system to create a Windows
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to the window manager using the standard X11 protocol.
</para>
<para>
If you have access to the Windows program's source code,
w
ine
If you have access to the Windows program's source code,
W
ine
can also be used to recompile a program into a format that Linux
can understand more easily. Wine is still needed to launch the
program in its recompiled form, however there are many advantages
to compiling a Windows program natively within
l
inux. For more
to compiling a Windows program natively within
L
inux. For more
information, see the Winelib User Guide.
</para>
</sect2>
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Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly
many different versions of Wine for you to choose from. The
standard version of Wine comes in intermittant releases
(roughly
every 90 days
), and can be downloaded over the
(roughly
once a month
), and can be downloaded over the
internet in both prepackaged binary form and ready to compile
source code form. Alternatively, you can install a
prerelease
source code form. Alternatively, you can install a
development
version of Wine by using the latest available source code on
the CVS server. See the next chapter,
Getting Wine (link:
getting wine)
, for further details.
the CVS server. See the next chapter,
<link
linkend="getting-wine">Getting Wine</link>
, for further details.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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favorite Windows productivity applications in a
distributed thin-client environment under Linux, without
needing Microsoft Operating System licenses for each
client machine. CrossOver OfficeServer Edition allows you
client machine. CrossOver Office
Server Edition allows you
to satisfy the needs of literally hundreds of concurrent
users, all from a single server.
</entry>
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</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Virtual
Operating System
</title>
<title>Virtual
Machines
</title>
<para>
Rather than installing an entirely new operating system on your
machine, you can instead run a virtual machine at the software
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