Installing WINE | Linux Today

Installing WINE

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 12, 2008

“In our Linux gaming feature a couple of months ago we looked at
Wine, the Windows compatibility layer that allows Linux users to
run a number of Windows games, including recent hits like Team
Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4. It’s not the easiest thing to set
up–not by a long shot, in fact–but that’s why we’re here. We’ll
show you what Wine can do, how to get it working, and how to get
the best out of it.

“The easiest way to get started with Wine is to install your
distribution’s packages–‘sudo apt-get install wine’ would do the
job on Ubuntu, for instance…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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