Commit b459bb8f authored by Dimitrie O. Paun's avatar Dimitrie O. Paun Committed by Alexandre Julliard

Update Wine FAQ to latest revision.

- Better Bochs/Plex86 info - Add Q&A about upgrading configuration - Replace Deneba's Canvas 7 with Ability Office From entries submitted by Tom Wickline.
parent 9ea673a4
...@@ -91,13 +91,31 @@ ...@@ -91,13 +91,31 @@
<para> <para>
There are two free x86 hardware emulators: There are two free x86 hardware emulators:
<ulink url="http://bochs.sourceforge.net"> bochs</ulink>, and <ulink url="http://bochs.sourceforge.net"> bochs</ulink>, and
<ulink url="http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86"> plex86</ulink> <ulink url="http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86"> plex86</ulink>.
that allow use of hardware other than x86 to run x86 programs. Both
use the GPL. Bochs is older than plex86, seems to be easier to
install, but plex86 will run faster because plex86 uses a real
time binary compiler. The drawback of all emulators is that you
need a version of Windows in order to run Windows.
</para> </para>
<para>
Plex86 is the opensource free-software alternative for VMWare,
VirtualPC, and other IA-32 on IA-32 "Virtual PC products." It
can only run on the IA-32 architecture.
</para>
<para>
Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator
written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation
of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently,
bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486 or Pentium CPU. Bochs is capable
of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux,
Windows® 95, DOS, and recently Windows® NT 4.
</para>
<para>
Both are licensed under the GPL. Bochs is older than plex86, seems to be
easier to install, but plex86 will run faster because plex86 uses a real
time binary compiler. The drawback of all emulators is that you need a version
of Windows in order to run Windows.
</para>
</answer> </answer>
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>
...@@ -818,7 +836,7 @@ ...@@ -818,7 +836,7 @@
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>
</qandadiv> </qandadiv>
<qandadiv id="Getting-Wine-faq"> <qandadiv id="Getting-Wine">
<title>Getting Wine</title> <title>Getting Wine</title>
<qandaentry> <qandaentry>
<question id="Where-can-I-get-Wine"> <question id="Where-can-I-get-Wine">
...@@ -1044,6 +1062,19 @@ wine ...@@ -1044,6 +1062,19 @@ wine
</qandaentry> </qandaentry>
<qandaentry> <qandaentry>
<question id="How-do-I-upgrade-configuration">
<para>How do I upgrade Wine without losing my working configuration?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
Upgrading the wine installation does not affect the existing wine
configuration. So after upgrading wine you still have the old (working )
wine configuration.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="If-I-use-Windows-which-versions-OK"> <question id="If-I-use-Windows-which-versions-OK">
<para>If I want to use a Windows install, which versions are OK?</para> <para>If I want to use a Windows install, which versions are OK?</para>
</question> </question>
...@@ -1612,9 +1643,9 @@ rm -fR \[/path/\]Wine* ...@@ -1612,9 +1643,9 @@ rm -fR \[/path/\]Wine*
</listitem> </listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para> <para>
Deneba's Canvas 7 Ability Office
(<ulink url="http://www.deneba.com/dazroot/softlibs/cv7_linux/default.html"> (<ulink url="http://www.ability.com/linux/abilitylinux.php">
http://www.deneba.com/dazroot/softlibs/cv7_linux/default.html</ulink>) http://www.ability.com/linux/abilitylinux.php</ulink>)
</para> </para>
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