[wellylug] 3 simple questions

[David Murray]

On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 10:45 +1300, Hamish Low wrote:

> 3rd question - to run a windows application under WINE, does the
> programme just need to be on a DOS partition, or does windows also
> have to be on the computer, or is there some other way.  It's a simple
> but really useful database programme  http://www.literarymachine.com/

http://winehq.org/ will tell you everything you need to know about
Wine. :o)

But basically, you're wanting to run an application of M$ Windows
without using or having M$ Windows. Wine is basically an API converter
designed to translate Win32 APIs into *nix APIs. So, No Windows
required. Wine does not require *any* Micro$oft software in order to
execute applications designed for Microsoft Windows.


*nix boxen generally use better file systems than the FAT file system.
Wine is a *nix programme. You won't need to have any DOS/FAT partitions.


Regards

David Murray