noobsofuknwhat Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 is there any way to download an exe file in linux and have it function properly? im using sabayon x86 and fedora core 7 if anybody has helpful advice i would greatly appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Wine is as far as I know the easiest solution. If you want full compatibility, you should create a virtual machine with windows on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobsofuknwhat Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Wine is as far as I know the easiest solution. If you want full compatibility, you should create a virtual machine with windows on it. could you elaborate? note the name (noob) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noobsofuknwhat Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share Posted March 19, 2008 Yes* sparda you are the master. thank you for helping idiots like me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 There exists a not-emulator called Wine (stands for "Wine is not an Emulator") which runs some little programs and even CS without any bigger problems. But if you want to use Adobe, Microsoft or other bigger software, it would be better to create a virtual pc (google for virtualbox/vmware/qemu), a pc which does only exists in zeros and ones, but not in metal and silicon. A pc in a pc so to say. On such a virtual pc you can install windows/$OS and use the software you want. Not very suitable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Wine isn't an emulator in the sence that it is an implimentation of the Windows API rather than pretending to be Windows. I'm trying to think of an example to exapnd my point. All I can think of is SQL databases: "EnterpriseDB is a implimentation of SQL that matches and is compatible with Oracle, but it is not pretending to be Oracle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 wine:linux::cygwin:windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 wine:linux::cygwin:windows? Not quite. Wine is a implementation of the Windows API. Cygwin is a compilation of the GNU utilities for Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooblar Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I'd agree Wine is a good app, but faar from perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1u Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I'd agree Wine is a good app, but faar from perfect! I like http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/ more, I use it to install PS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I'd agree Wine is a good app, but faar from perfect! Agreed its not perfect, but tp be fair the only thing that is going to perfectly preform the exe, is windows it self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejai Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 All these guys are just fucking with you press alt+f2 and search terminal or gnome-terminal. Open it and locate your .exe file using the ls and cd commands. Then simply type. wine exename.exe Hope this helps. ps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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