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GNU/Linux Desktop: The Case Against Running Windows Apps

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Bruce Byfield
Feb 28, 2008

“Does GNU/Linux need to run Windows apps? This question
resurfaced last week, when the media noticed that Google has been
contributing heavily to the Wine project, which develops a
compatibility layer on GNU/Linux for running Windows
applications.

“Google seems to think so. Not only did Google employees and
interns contribute over 1900 patches to WINE in 2006-07, but the
company also funded work at Codeweavers to improve the ability of
Crossover Linux (a commercial version of Wine) to run recent
versions of PhotoShop…”

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