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Change first usage of the Word Linux into a link to the linux FAQ at

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Change first usage of the word X11 into a link to the X11 FAQ at
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Add wine-devel to the places to go for burning questions.
Upped the system req's to the current requirements.
Fixed a few grammatical errors and made the text look a little
prettier.
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Dustin Navea 2002-11-12 02:14:52 +00:00 committed by Alexandre Julliard
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<title>What is Wine?</title>
<para>
Written by &name-john-sheets; <email>&email-john-sheets;</email>
<literallayout>
Written by &name-john-sheets; <email>&email-john-sheets;</email>
Modified by <ulink url="mailto:&email-dustin-navea;">&name-dustin-navea;</ulink>
</literallayout>
</para>
<sect2>
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<para>
Many people have faced the frustration of owning software that
won't run on their computer. With the recent popularity of
Linux, this is happening more and more often because of
differing operating systems. Your Windows software won't run
on Linux, and your Linux software won't run in Windows.
<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html">
Linux</ulink>, this is happening more and more often because
of differing operating systems. Your Windows software won't
run on Linux, and your Linux software won't run in Windows.
</para>
<para>
A common solution to this problem is to install both operating
@ -33,7 +37,7 @@
Life would be so much easier if you could run all your
applications on the same system, regardless of whether they
are written for Windows or for Linux. On Windows, this isn't
really possible.
really possible, yet.
<footnote>
<para>
Technically, if you have two networked computers, one
@ -47,10 +51,10 @@
</para>
</footnote>
However, Wine makes it possible to run native Windows
applications alongside native Linux applications on a Linux
(or BSD or Solaris) system. You can share desktop space between MS
Word and GnuCash, overlapping their windows, iconizing them,
and even running them from the same launcher.
applications alongside native Linux applications on any Unix-like
system. You can share desktop space between MS Word and GnuCash,
overlapping their windows, iconizing them, and even running them
from the same launcher.
</para>
</sect2>
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</para>
<para>
Wine can run applications in two discrete ways: as
pre-compiled Windows binaries, or as natively compiled X11
(X Window System) applications. The former method uses
pre-compiled Windows binaries, or as natively compiled
<ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/#whatis">X11 (X-Window
System)</ulink> applications. The former method uses
emulation to connect a Windows application to the Wine
libraries. You can run your Windows application directly
with the emulator, by installing through Wine or by simply
@ -104,13 +109,13 @@
If during reading this document there is something you
can't figure out, or think could be explained better, or
that should have been included, please immediately mail to
&name-web-admin; <email>&email-web-admin</email> or
post a bug report at the
<ulink url="http://bugs.winehq.com/">Wine Bugzilla</ulink> to
let us know how this document can be improved.
Remember, Open Source is
"free as in free speech, not as in free beer":
it can only work in case of very active involvement of its users !
either the &name-web-admin; <email>&email-web-admin;</email> or
the &name-wine-devel; <email>&email-wine-devel;</email>, or
post a bug report to
<ulink url="http://bugs.winehq.com/">Wine's Bugzilla</ulink> to
let us know how this document can be improved. Remember, Open
Source is "free as in free speech, not as in free beer": it can
only work in the case of very active involvement by its users !
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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<title>Wine Requirements and Features</title>
<para>
Written by &name-andreas-mohr; <email>&email-andreas-mohr;</email>
<literallayout>
Written by &name-andreas-mohr; <email>&email-andreas-mohr;</email>
Modified by <ulink url="mailto:&email-dustin-navea;">&name-dustin-navea;</ulink>
</literallayout>
</para>
<sect2 id="system-requirements">
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
a computer ;-) Wine: only PCs >= i386 are supported at
the moment. Winelib: other platforms may be
supported, but can be tricky.
<literallayout>A computer ;-)</literallayout>
<literallayout> Wine: only PCs >= i386 are supported at the moment.</literallayout>
<literallayout> Winelib: other platforms may be supported, but can be tricky.</literallayout>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
a UNIX-like operating system such as Linux, *BSD,
Solaris x86
A UNIX-like operating system such as Linux, *BSD,
Solaris x86, ReactOS, Cygwin
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
>= 16MB of RAM. Everything below is pretty much
unusable. >= 64 MB is needed for "good" execution.
>= 32MB of RAM. Everything below is pretty much
unusable. >= 96 MB is needed for "good" execution.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
an X11 window system (XFree86 etc.). Wine is prepared
An X11 window system (XFree86 etc.). Wine is prepared
for other graphics display drivers, but writing
support is not too easy. The text console display
driver (ttydrv) is nearly usable.