Majority of people doesn't like to use ubuntu just because of its inability to run or execute win32 app. or files. I personally sometimes got annoyed with Linux for the same reason. But now there is a solution to all these damn stuffs.
Actually the solution lies with Wine. Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems. Windows programs running in Wine act as native programs would, running without the performance or memory usage penalties of an emulator, with a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.
Wine makes it easy :
Last but not least, Wine can provide benefits over Windows right now:
- Wine makes it possible to take advantage of all the Unix strong points (stability, flexibility, remote administration) while still using the Windows applications you depend on.
- Unix has always made it possible to write powerful scripts. Wine makes it possible to call Windows applications from scripts that can also leverage the Unix environment to its full extent.
- Wine makes it possible to access Windows applications remotely, even if they are a few thousand miles away.
- Wine makes it economical to use thin clients: simply install Wine on a Linux server, and voila, you can access these Windows applications from any X terminal.
- Wine can also be used to make existing Windows applications available on the Web by using VNC and its Java client.
- Wine is Open Source Software, so you can extend it to suit your needs or have one of many companies do it for you.
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ReplyDeletehowever, great post
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ReplyDeletefrom the day u have posted this article i am wondering a q that when we acess the .exe files with the help of wine in linux it may infect the linux with viruses if we execute a virus infected '*.exe' file
ReplyDeleteso am i right?
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@annu: No wine doesn't let any file on your Linux system to execute. Its actually provides a intermediate platform for program. The execution of .exe file by Wine is total a manual process.
ReplyDeleteSo, unless if you are not fool enough to execute some virus in your own system...you need not to fear from any virus...be happy now