[Wine] Wine on Windows XP

Michael Reich reich.mikey at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 22:19:59 CDT 2008


OK, so what is the answer to jsmith's question?
 
On 6/22/08 wine-users-request at winehq.org wrote:
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:22:59 -0700
> From: James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51 at sprintpcs.com>
> Subject: Re: [Wine] Wine on Windows XP
> To: Michael Reich <reich.mikey at gmail.com>
> Cc: wine-users at winehq.org
> Message-ID: <485EFAF3.8010907 at sprintpcs.com>
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> Michael Reich wrote:
>   
>> >
>> > On 6/21/08 wine-users-request at winehq.org wrote:
>>     
>>> >> Message: 1
>>> >> Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:03:58 -0500
>>> >> From: "jsmith" <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
>>> >> Subject: [Wine]  wine only installed on linux?
>>> >> To: wine-users at winehq.org
>>> >> Message-ID: <1214060638.m2f.8323 at forum.winehq.org>
>>> >>
>>> >> 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.
>
> James McKenzie




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