Can wine only be installed on a linux platform or is there a way to
download it and run it on windows xp?
Wine is a program that enables users to run Windows programs on
non-Windows operating systems, including Linux, and Mac OSX. Why
would you want to install it on XP?
Because Wine does a better job of emulating Windows 2000/Windows
NT/Windows 98SE than Windows XP does. That is just one reason.
Wine is a program that enables users to run Windows programs on
non-Windows operating systems, including Linux, and Mac OSX. Why
would you want to install it on XP?
Because Wine does a better job of emulating Windows 2000/Windows
NT/Windows 98SE than Windows XP does. That is just one reason.
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:22:59 -0700
From: James McKenzie <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Wine] Wine on Windows XP
To: Michael Reich <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Michael Reich wrote:
Because Wine does a better job of emulating Windows 2000/Windows
NT/Windows 98SE than Windows XP does. That is just one reason.
James McKenzie
(Most) wine DLLs can be crossbuilt for use on windows, but that's
mostly to test their function, not meant as a windows replacement on
windows. The testcases can be crossbuilt as well. In short, however,
the answer you're looking for is no.
You could install Ubuntu Linux through Wubi... only problem is it'll take up
5GB disk space... that's a lot for one application. Also it'll mean
rebooting every time you want to access that application.
