"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > > From: Ronald A. Yacketta
> > >
> > > Hello all!!
> > >
> > > is it possible to run wine on a winblows less system?
> > > I use linux and only linux, but recently I have a need to run a couple
> > > applications that are
> > > winblows.
> > >
> > > is it possible? could it be??
> > >
> > If I understand how WINE works, yes. I've never used it,
> > but to the best of my understanding, you don't need Windows
> > to use WINE.
> > I may be totally off base, wouldn't be the first time. :-)
> > John
>
> It would seem to me that WINE only RUNS a M$ program, it still needs to be
> installed - most M$ installations require registry manipulations, etc.
> Probably more than we could expect form WINE or VMware. I hope I'm wrong as
> it would be nice to load up one or two Winblows programs and make that last
> break form Uncle Bill.
>
> --
> Joseph S. Gardner
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok. You do not need Windows to run Wine or Vmware. Check for yourself
and read the documentation at both of their websites. I have run both on
my computer and neither needs windblows. Vmware runs much better than
wine.
SA
