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</question> </question>
<answer> <answer>
<para> <para>
Wine is being developed specifically to run on the <emphasis>Intel x86</emphasis> class of CPUs under certain UNIXes that run on the x86 platform. Wine is being developed specifically to run on the <emphasis>Intel
Winelib however is capable of porting Windows program <emphasis>source code</emphasis> to other platforms also, not only x86. x86</emphasis> class of CPUs under certain UNIXes that run on this
platform. Winelib however is capable of porting the Windows
applications <emphasis>source code</emphasis> to other platforms
also, not only x86.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Thus running Windows programs via Wine on other platforms (e.g. MacOS X) is <emphasis>not</emphasis> possible; the only way to run Windows code Thus running Windows binaries on other platforms (e.g. Mac OS X on
on MacOS X would be to take Windows program source code and recompile it for e.g. MacOS X using Winelib. PowerPC) using just Wine is <emphasis>not</emphasis> possible. You
would have to either run Wine in an emulated x86 environment or
take the Windows application source code and recompile it using
Winelib.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
The following will list the x86 operating systems supported by These are the platforms supported by Wine.
Wine; Winelib support for other platforms keeps evolving, Winelib support for other platforms keeps evolving,
so it's not specifically listed here. so it's not specifically listed here.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
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commercial UNIX and UNIX clone vendors as well. commercial UNIX and UNIX clone vendors as well.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
BeOS: porting efforts used to be pretty strong, but BeOS has severe BeOS: porting efforts (BeWine) used to be pretty strong, but BeOS
limitations in Unix call support, so a port will probably never has severe limitations in Unix call support. The demise of Be
happen. further hampered the project though it might come back one day on
one of the open BeOS projects. In any case a functional port seems
unlikely to ever happen at this stage.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
FreeBSD: Should work, with limitations in specific areas (mainly Mac OS X / Darwin: The <ulink
missing device/hardware support). url="http://darwine.sourceforge.net/project.html">Darwine</> is
currently working on porting Wine to the Darwin/x86 platform. Their
goal is to eventually make it possible to run x86 Windows
applications on Darwin/PPC and then Mac OS X by using Bochs.
</para>
<para>
FreeBSD: This port is well maintained and should work with
limitations in specific areas (mainly missing device/hardware
support).
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Linux/x86: Works, and as the most popular platform for both Linux/x86: Works, and as the most popular platform for both