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WINE - Run windows applications on POSIX systems
The other day I was searching on google about open source alternative to some Microsoft program when I stumbled upon a post that described about an open source software WINE. It claimed that WINE is capable of running typical windows software like office etc on POSIX complaint systems like Linux. I don't know how many people are aware about this software but for me it was something new. I researched a bit about WINE and here is what I found : WINE is an acronym for W ine I s N ot an E mulator. It provides an interface to run Windows... [More]
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What are you using in the real world?
I'm Chris Walden, managing editor of Open Source on developerWorks.
This group was initially started as an experiment with the
developerWorks community tools, but I'd like to change that. I'd like
to see it become a real reflection of the community who are using
open-source projects every day to get real work done. I became a full-time Linux user many years ago. I started by
playing with Slackware, then Red Hat. I've used Suse (both before and
after Novell). Right now I'm working with Ubuntu. That shift to using
Linux on my desktop... [More]
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