Jordan Hall » software compatibility http://jordanhall.co.uk Jordan Hall - programmer and geek Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Wine – Wine is not an emulator – it is a Windows compatibility layer http://jordanhall.co.uk/ubuntu-linux/wine-wine-is-not-an-emulator-it-is-a-windows-compatibility-layer-3312122/ http://jordanhall.co.uk/ubuntu-linux/wine-wine-is-not-an-emulator-it-is-a-windows-compatibility-layer-3312122/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:15:33 +0000 Jordan Hall http://jordanhall.co.uk-3416a75f4cea9109507cacd8e2f2aefc If you liked this post, you may be interested in these:
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]]> Wine is essentially a Windows compatibility layer for Linux, allowing Linux users to run Windows applications in a much more direct manner than full operating system virtualisation. More information about Wine is to come shortly.

If you wish, you can visit the official Wine website to get more details about this excellent free piece of software and download instructions.


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