Re: How good *is* WINE really?

[Thomas Dodd <ted cypress com>]

John Nelson wrote:
> 
> Can anyone give a recommendation for or against WINE?  I'm
> at the end of my tether with Windows and need a solution that
> totally preserves my investment in Wintel software, yet draws
> off of Linux.  WINE would be perfect since it isn't Windows
> that I want... just the third-party apps.
> 
> Can I just take arbitrary apps off the shelf and expect to
> run them under WINE?
> 
> I guess I also lose things like Active X controls and
> Windows style inter-app communication.  That's a strike
> against WINE, but certainly tolerable.
> 
> So is this an avenue worth pursuing?

Depends on the app. Check www.winehq.com,
www.transgaming.com , www.codeweavers.com,
and of course linux.corel.com

IBM also had some patches for wine to
run one of their apps. And the Delphi
for Linux, used winelib (the main focus
of wine) to port the package.

Ask on the wine mailing lists too. You
can probably get answers from someone there
that is running, or has tried to run the
app in question.

	-Thomas