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<title>Further questions and comments</title>
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<para>
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If, after examining this guide, the FAQ, and other relevant
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documentation there's still something you can't figure out,
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we'd love to hear from you. The <ulink
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documentation there is still something you cannot figure out,
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we would love to hear from you. The <ulink
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url="http://www.winehq.org/site/forums">mailing lists</ulink>
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section contains several mailing lists and an IRC channel, all
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of which are great places to seek help and offer suggestions.
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If you're particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
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If you are particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
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explained better, you can file a <ulink
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url="http://bugs.winehq.org/">bug report</ulink> or <ulink
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url="http://www.winehq.org/site/sending_patches">post a
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difficulty: not only must the user endure the frustration of
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frequent rebooting, but programs for both platforms can't be
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run simultaneously. Having Windows on a system also creates
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an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a seperate
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an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a separate
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disk partition, and is unable to read most filesystem formats,
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making the sharing of data between operating systems difficult.
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</para>
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<para>
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Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any
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Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. At its heart,
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wine is an implementation of the Windows Application
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Wine is an implementation of the Windows Application
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Programing Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between
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the Windows program and Linux. Think of Wine as a compatibility
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layer, when a Windows program tries to preform a function that
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layer, when a Windows program tries to perform a function that
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Linux doesn't normally understand, Wine will translate that
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program's instruction into one supported by the system. For
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example, if a program asks the system to create a Windows
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to the window manager using the standard X11 protocol.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have access to the Windows program's source code, wine
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If you have access to the Windows program's source code, Wine
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can also be used to recompile a program into a format that Linux
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can understand more easily. Wine is still needed to launch the
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program in its recompiled form, however there are many advantages
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to compiling a Windows program natively within linux. For more
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to compiling a Windows program natively within Linux. For more
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information, see the Winelib User Guide.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly
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many different versions of Wine for you to choose from. The
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standard version of Wine comes in intermittant releases
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(roughly every 90 days), and can be downloaded over the
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(roughly once a month), and can be downloaded over the
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internet in both prepackaged binary form and ready to compile
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source code form. Alternatively, you can install a prerelease
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source code form. Alternatively, you can install a development
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version of Wine by using the latest available source code on
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the CVS server. See the next chapter, Getting Wine (link:
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getting wine), for further details.
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the CVS server. See the next chapter, <link
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linkend="getting-wine">Getting Wine</link>, for further details.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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favorite Windows productivity applications in a
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distributed thin-client environment under Linux, without
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needing Microsoft Operating System licenses for each
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client machine. CrossOver OfficeServer Edition allows you
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client machine. CrossOver Office Server Edition allows you
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to satisfy the needs of literally hundreds of concurrent
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users, all from a single server.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Virtual Operating System</title>
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<title>Virtual Machines</title>
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<para>
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Rather than installing an entirely new operating system on your
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machine, you can instead run a virtual machine at the software
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