Wine (software)

<p>Wine is a <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Compatibility_layer/UU3le7BV">compatibility layer</a> to allow <a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">application software</a> and <a href="/facts/Computer_game/vmTdNASJ">computer games</a> developed for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> to run on <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>. Developers can <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compile</a> Windows applications against WineLib to help <a href="/facts/Porting/7s6tFs8B">port</a> them to Unix-like systems. Wine is predominantly written using <a href="/facts/Black-box_testing/j2velRR9">black-box testing</a> <a href="/facts/Reverse_engineering/pmJCV7J7">reverse engineering</a>, to avoid <a href="/facts/Copyright/7GHEWEx9">copyright</a> issues. No <a href="/facts/Binary_translation/trAQq97A">code emulation</a> or <a href="/facts/Virtualization/bEqH0Wtf">virtualization</a> occurs. Wine is primarily developed for Linux and <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>.
</p><p>In a 2007 survey by desktoplinux.com of 38,500 Linux desktop users, 31.5% of respondents reported using Wine to run Windows applications. This plurality was larger than all <a href="/facts/X86_virtualization/utQwmdY3">x86 virtualization</a> programs combined, and larger than the 27.9% who reported not running Windows applications.
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Wine (software)