WINE.

[Leo J Mauler]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:11:47 +0000 Jonathan Hutchins
<hutchins at tarcanfel.org> writes:
> On Wednesday 10 September 2003 2:17 am, Chris Wagner wrote:
> 
> > Need help finding out about this app.
> 
> Check their web site, or codeweavers.

Or TransGaming, though to get binaries you have to buy a subscription. 
TransGaming charges $5 a month, though you can get temporary memberships
for three, six, or nine months. If you pay just $5 to start, you have to
commit to $5 a month regular.
 
> > Is it a Windows emulator, and if so, does it work fairly well?
> 
> WINE stands for "WINE Is Not An Emulator".

And that was the impolite response.

The polite response is that WINE doesn't emulate Windows.  A true
Emulator would provide the entire working environment for the
applications, in essence you'd be turning your Linux box into a Windows
box for the duration of the Emulator.

No, WINE instead merely handles Windows API calls from Windows
applications, allowing much less overhead than would be required on a
true Emulator.

Does it work fairly well?  Yes, for what they've worked hard to emulate. 
Microsoft Office works fairly well.  If you're wanting to do Windows
Games, you should fork over the cash for the TransGaming subscription and
get their WineX binaries, for fairly stable DirectX API calls.  You also
get to vote on what games TransGaming works harder on getting to run
under WineX.  They're up to version 3.0 of WineX.

If you want to run an entirely open-source shop, WineX is not open
source.  WINE is the only open-source solution.

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