From 96ca3ac687c8b0df6541b562c39f367ccd641f97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francois Gouget Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:12:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Based on the last 36+ months Wine is released once a month on average. Assorted spelling fixes and tweaks. --- documentation/introduction.sgml | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/introduction.sgml b/documentation/introduction.sgml index 9917f4d3f08..42630a836f0 100644 --- a/documentation/introduction.sgml +++ b/documentation/introduction.sgml @@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ Further questions and comments If, after examining this guide, the FAQ, and other relevant - documentation there's still something you can't figure out, - we'd love to hear from you. The mailing lists section contains several mailing lists and an IRC channel, all of which are great places to seek help and offer suggestions. - If you're particularly savvy, and believe that something can be + If you are particularly savvy, and believe that something can be explained better, you can file a bug report or post a @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ difficulty: not only must the user endure the frustration of frequent rebooting, but programs for both platforms can't be run simultaneously. Having Windows on a system also creates - an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a seperate + an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a separate disk partition, and is unable to read most filesystem formats, making the sharing of data between operating systems difficult. @@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. At its heart, - wine is an implementation of the Windows Application + Wine is an implementation of the Windows Application Programing Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between the Windows program and Linux. Think of Wine as a compatibility - layer, when a Windows program tries to preform a function that + layer, when a Windows program tries to perform a function that Linux doesn't normally understand, Wine will translate that program's instruction into one supported by the system. For example, if a program asks the system to create a Windows @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ to the window manager using the standard X11 protocol. - If you have access to the Windows program's source code, wine + If you have access to the Windows program's source code, Wine can also be used to recompile a program into a format that Linux can understand more easily. Wine is still needed to launch the program in its recompiled form, however there are many advantages - to compiling a Windows program natively within linux. For more + to compiling a Windows program natively within Linux. For more information, see the Winelib User Guide. @@ -209,12 +209,12 @@ Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly many different versions of Wine for you to choose from. The standard version of Wine comes in intermittant releases - (roughly every 90 days), and can be downloaded over the + (roughly once a month), and can be downloaded over the internet in both prepackaged binary form and ready to compile - source code form. Alternatively, you can install a prerelease + source code form. Alternatively, you can install a development version of Wine by using the latest available source code on - the CVS server. See the next chapter, Getting Wine (link: - getting wine), for further details. + the CVS server. See the next chapter, Getting Wine, for further details. @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ favorite Windows productivity applications in a distributed thin-client environment under Linux, without needing Microsoft Operating System licenses for each - client machine. CrossOver OfficeServer Edition allows you + client machine. CrossOver Office Server Edition allows you to satisfy the needs of literally hundreds of concurrent users, all from a single server. @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ - Virtual Operating System + Virtual Machines Rather than installing an entirely new operating system on your machine, you can instead run a virtual machine at the software