Some Linux users insist that anything you can do on Windows, you can do better on Linux. While there’s some truth to that, many of us have Windows applications that make completely leaving Windows ...

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WinBoat is a free, open source application for Linux that lets you run Windows apps and even a full-blown Windows desktop session on Linux. It's an Electron app that allows running Windows apps on ...

The makers of Wine, a compatibility tool that allows Windows applications to run on Linux machines without Windows installed, have released a stable version of Wine 1.0. The makers of Wine claim that ...

Wine is a free and open source compatibility layer that makes it possible to run some Windows applications on computers running Linux, FreeBSD, or some other operating systems. It’s also the ...

The latest version of Wine improves Windows apps on Linux systems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Wine recently received an ...

As IT administrators weigh replacing proprietary desktops with open-source systems, they face the question of what to do with their existing applications. One dilemma facing many administrators is ...

The chains are loosening. DirectX still binds many PC games to Windows. Now, CodeWeavers expects CrossOver to support DirectX 11 by the end of the year, with Wine gaining compatibility shortly ...

It’s a new year, and a new future for the Wine (Wine is not an emulator) Project. The group recently released Wine 2.0 with over 6,600 changes, including support for Microsoft Office 2013 and the ...

The makers of Wine claim that version 1.0 is the first such "stable" release and have said that although compatibility is not perfect, thousands of applications are reported to "work very well." ...