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  • SteveNielsen
    Retired Tech
    • Jun 2012
    • 2327
    • USA
    #1

    Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

    I just tried Wine for the first time and must say I am quite impressed. It's much faster than running Windows itself. If I'd known how fast it really was I'd have installed it a long time ago. There aren't many Windows based apps I want to use and this is perfect for them so far. Very speedy and very easy to install and to install Windows apps. I had no idea Wine was as good as it is. It certainly gets my thumbs up. I love it.
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    • goontron
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      #2
      Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

      Eh, WINE is an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emmulator"
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        • SteveNielsen
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          • Jun 2012
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          #3
          Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

          Originally posted by goontron
          Eh, WINE is an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emmulator"
          Please explain.

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            • dmill89
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              • Dec 2011
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              #4
              Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

              Originally posted by SteveNielsen
              Please explain.
              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

              basically WINE is a "compatibility layer" that provides substitutes to the libraries and back-end processes that windows applications need to allow them to run on Linux. WINE does not actually execute code to simulate a Windows installation like an Emulator would, the windows applications you run are running at full speed on Linux.

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                • SteveNielsen
                  Retired Tech
                  • Jun 2012
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                  #5
                  Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                  Thanks, I understand. It works great for me. I won't call it an emulator anymore

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                    • stj
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                      • Dec 2009
                      • 31294
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                      #6
                      Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                      i hope your using the latest release from yesterday.

                      open a console and type "wine --version"
                      it should come back as 1.8
                      https://www.winehq.org/

                      btw, if you didnt know,
                      open a console and type "winecfg"
                      to get the config window up.
                      Last edited by stj; 12-20-2015, 02:46 PM.

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                        • SteveNielsen
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                          • Jun 2012
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                          #7
                          Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                          Got it. It was 1.6 and I installed it just before 1.8 was available but I've got 1.8 now. Thanks man.

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                            • keeney123
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                              • Sep 2014
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                              #8
                              Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                              So why is Microsoft blocking their updates if one uses Wine?

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                                • RJARRRPCGP
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                                  Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                  If WINE was an emulator in the same sense as a console emulator, then there would be a lot of CPU overhead!
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                                    • stj
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                                      • Dec 2009
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                                      #10
                                      Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                      Originally posted by keeney123
                                      So why is Microsoft blocking their updates if one uses Wine?
                                      ??
                                      wine has nothing to do with microsoft, it just lets Linux run Windows software.

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                                        • keeney123
                                          Lauren
                                          • Sep 2014
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                                          #11
                                          Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                          Originally posted by stj
                                          ??
                                          wine has nothing to do with microsoft, it just lets Linux run Windows software.
                                          If you read the link to Wikipedia the vary last part says that Windows will search the registers for Wine and if it is there they will not continue with a Window's update.
                                          Last edited by keeney123; 12-21-2015, 01:40 PM.

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                                            • stj
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                                              • Dec 2009
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                                              #12
                                              Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                              wikipedia is full of shit.

                                              however, ms does keep trying to make apps not work on wine (or old versions of windows) every time they release an update to the visual studio compiler.

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                                                • SteveNielsen
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                                                  • Jun 2012
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                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                  Yeah that makes no sense... Wine is not Windows nor an emulator nor a virtual machine running Windows, so why would it need any windows updates in the first place?

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                                                    • Uranium-235
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                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                      Originally posted by goontron
                                                      Eh, WINE is an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emmulator"
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                                                        • SteveNielsen
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                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                          And Gnu, "Gnu is Not Unix".

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                                                            • ddscentral
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                                                              • Mar 2008
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                                                              #16
                                                              Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                              All Wine does is provide the Windows API under Linux. It does not emulate anything.

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                                                                • SteveNielsen
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                                                                  • Jun 2012
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                                  I think that is understood clearly now, thanks.

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                                                                    • keeney123
                                                                      Lauren
                                                                      • Sep 2014
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                                                                      #18
                                                                      Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                                      Originally posted by SteveNielsen
                                                                      Yeah that makes no sense... Wine is not Windows nor an emulator nor a virtual machine running Windows, so why would it need any windows updates in the first place?
                                                                      The thing I was saying is not if Windows Updates affect Wine. Windows updates affect other things like security. I was asking if Microsoft is scanning for Wine and then making a decision not to load their updates on ones computer just for spite?

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                                                                        • stj
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                                                                          • Dec 2009
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                                                                          • Albion
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                                          they cant load shit, Linux does not run remote-access ports like windows for anybody to push stuff through.
                                                                          and Wine is only envoked when you run a windows app, it's not running in the background anyway.

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                                                                            • keeney123
                                                                              Lauren
                                                                              • Sep 2014
                                                                              • 2536
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                                                                              #20
                                                                              Re: Wine (Windows emulator for Linux) Thumbs Up!

                                                                              Originally posted by stj
                                                                              they cant load shit, Linux does not run remote-access ports like windows for anybody to push stuff through.
                                                                              and Wine is only envoked when you run a windows app, it's not running in the background anyway.
                                                                              Let me ask you this; when one goes out to a Web Site can those Web sites check to see if a Security Windows update is installed and then deal with the request according to the answer?

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