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“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.“WineXS allows you to easily configure Wine by installing and
removing software, editing the registry, managing files, and
more.”
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