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May 14th, 2013 at 9:48 PM
Obviously, one of the biggest disadvantages to using Linux as opposed to Windows is the fact that Windows programs won't run. Thankfully, a diligent group of developers have developed WINE, a program that makes Linux compatible with some windows programs. (It doesn't work that well, but some programs will run great. )
WINE is free, but if you are willing to pay, there is also a product by codeweavers called crossover linux. I have never tried it myself, but from what I hear, it works significantly better than WINE.
May 21st, 2013 at 11:10 PM
I like Wine, but I don't know if its just my distribution, DE, or what, but a lot of programs are really buggy under Wine. Maybe a later version/upgrade may fix such problems.
As for crossover linux, I'm not gonna pay for it. Especially if there's a working (albeit a bit buggy) alternative for free.
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May 21st, 2013 at 11:46 PM
I actually find that the later versions of WINE seem to have more bugs. It's a pretty old project, but hopefully they can work on it and make it more stable over the next few years. I think it still has huge potential, for sure.
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June 8th, 2018 at 5:14 PM
@ Acko: as of 2018 wine works great, just install the latest direct X in it first lol.
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going to say this now, Proton which is wine based runs windows games excellently with insanely high compatibility rates, I'd say it's super successful
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December 17th, 2020 at 1:31 AM
It's crazy how much Proton has advanced over the years. With Proton you can run just about any windows game.
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December 24th, 2020 at 9:02 PM
Indeed, there's very little reason to run windows these days...
looking at you cyberpunk2077 -_-
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