No you don't need Windows to use wine now. I think when wine was first
emerging you needed a copy of Win3.1 on your system. That was before they
even started working on 32-bit API's. I remember reading this in one of
those free computer papers they have in Toronto, when I lived in Canada last
year. Hope all you Ontarians out there are keeping warm ;-)
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Brinkman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:21 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] wine
>
> On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > From: Ronald A. Yacketta
> > 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??
>
> Actually, I figure this is just what wine is for. Afterall,
> if you have Windows installed, it makes more sense to me to just
> boot Windows to run those programs. I have W98, but I've been
> playin around with wine with some success. I've had more success
> findin Linux apps to replace their windows counterpart tho.
>
> Anyhow, a good source for wine info is the NG:
>
> comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
>
> .... oh and yes, to answer your question, you don't need Windows
> installed, just the Windows app you wanna run.
> --
> .. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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