Wine 1.6 / 1.7.0

Wine stands for "Wine is not an emulator" and it's a software capable of translating Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly.

This means that Linux users will be able to run a large number of applications designed to run specifically on the Windows platform.


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Here are some key features of "Wine":

· Binary Compatibility
· Graphics
· Allows Windows program to interface with sound, modems, networks, scanners, tablets, keyboards, etc
· Wine API

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Support for vertical text in the Postscript driver.
· Version 2 of liblcms used now instead of version 1.
· Unicode data updated to Unicode 6.2.0.
· Hyperlink controls supported in installers.
· Improved support for XML attributes.
· Various bug fixes.