Wine Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.
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Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Here are some key features of "Wine": Binary Compatibility: · Loads Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Windows 3.x and DOS programs and libraries · Win32 compatible memory layout, exception handling, threads and processes · Designed for POSIX compatible operatings systems (eg. Linux and FreeBSD) · ``bug-for-bug'' compatibility with Windows Graphics: · X11-based graphics allows remote display to any X terminal · X11, TrueType (.ttf/.ttc) and Windows Bitmap (.fon) Fonts · DirectX support for games (limited Direct3D support) · Printing via PostScript driver or legacy native Win16 printer drivers · Enhanced Metafile (EMF) and Windows Metafile (WMF) driver · Desktop-in-a-box or mixable windows · Windows MultiMedia (WinMM) layer support with builtin codecs Allows Windows program to interface with: · Sound devices via ALSA, OSS, ARTS, JACK, and libaudio etc · Multi-lingual keyboards and CJK input method support via XIM · Modems, serial devices · Networks (TCP/IP and IPX) · ASPI Scanners · Windows Tablets via XInput (eg. Wacom) Wine API: · Designed for source and binary compatibility with Win32 code · Win32 API test suite to ensure compatibility · Compilable on a wide range of C compilers · Permits mixing of Win32 and POSIX code · Permits mixing of ELF (.so) and PE (.dll/.exe) binaries in one address space · Win32 compatible header files · Automatically generated API documentation · Resource compiler · Message compiler · IDL compiler · extensive Unicode support · Internationalization -- Wine supports 16 languages · Built-in debugger and configurable trace messages · External memory checker support using Valgrind · Sample programs What's New in This Release: · Support for OLE transacted storage. · Better certificate checking on secure connections. · More progress on the 16-bit separation. · Left 4 Dead 2 DRM really supported now. · MSI performance improvements. · 64-bit fixes in debugger support. · Various bug fixes.

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