2. SLIDER CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
WINE BENEFITS
WINE FEAUTURES
WINE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE
VERSIONS
METHODS OF INSTALLATION
FUTURE
WHY WINE
WINE HISTORY
3. INTRODUCATION
Wine : Wine is not an emulator
Wine is a free and open source software application
that aims to allow applications designed
for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like
operating systems.
Wine is an implementation of the windows API.
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running
windows applications on several POSIX compatible
operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD.
4. WINE BENEFITS
Wine makes it possible to take advantage of all
the Unix strong points.
Wine makes it possible to access windows
applications remotely.
Wine makes it economical to use.
Wine is open source software.
5. WINE FEAUTURES
Support for running win16,win32 and DOS
programs.
Optional use of external vendor DLL files(such
as those included with windows).
X11-based graphics display, allowing remote
display to any x terminal, as well as a text mode.
6. WINE DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE
Wine software developers uses ‘C’ language for
its development.
Wine is not small at all. Wine 1.0 have over 1.8
million lines of C code (with blank lines and
comments).
7. VERSIONS
The standard version of wine comes in
intermittent releases(roughly twice a
month),and can be downloaded over the internet
in both prepackaged binary from and ready to
compile source code form.
Latest version : Wine 1.1.12
8. METHODS OF INSTALLATION
Three methods of installation:
Installation from a package.
Installation from a source archive.
Installation from a Git tree.
9. FUTURE
To provide build dependencies in a single
package.
Removal of bugs that are reported.
DirectX support for games.
Support for scanners, CD writers, and other
devices.
Modem, serial device support.
10. WHY WINE
Most software programs won’t work on systems
that weren’t designed for.
Windows programs, for example won’t run in
Linux and vice versa.
Solution : Dual Booting.
But this option presents great.
11. WINE HISTORYT
The WINE project started in 1993 as a way to
support running windows 3.1 programs on
linux.bob amstadt was the original coordinator,
but turned it over fairly early on to alexander
julliard, who has run it ever since.
Wine is still
under development, and it is not yet.