How To Run Windows Software And Game On Linux Or Unix Free - Software Bundles.net

Wine is a free software application which helps in running computer programs written for Windows to run on other operating system such as Linux / Unix. Wine also provides its users with a software library, Winelib with which developers can compile Windows applications to help them to run in Unix-like systems.




There are many Linux / Unix users who wish to run some of thier Windows program and games in Linux / Unix operating systems. That is where the Wine development comes in, recently Wine development released its 1.3.25 version. In this new release  audio supports are rewritten using the Win7 architecture, old-style sound drivers for Jack, NAS and ESD are removed, graphics driver architecture changes for the DIB engine, shell recycle bin has also been handled properly also various bugs have been fixed.

So now comes the question as to which Windows programs and games developed for Windows can run in Linux / Unix environment? Well with some minute problems most of the popular software and games can be run using the Wine Development. You can check Wine's list to check whether the software you wish to run using the Wine development is mentioned in it or not.

How to install it in Linux / Unix ?

1) Open your terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T)

2) Copy paste following codes one by one, that means first let the first line undergo execution, after that copy and paste the second line and then again wait until its executed, after that copy paste the last line in the terminal and then wait for it to get executed.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install wine1.3

3) Once the last mentioned code is successfully executed and the Wine software is successfully installed, you can run all the mentioned Windows software and games in your Linux / Unix.

Also for more info you can directly visit Wine site.