ChangeLog
Update Wine FAQ to latest revision.
-- Better Bochs/Plex86 info
-- Add Q&A about upgrading configuration
-- Replace Deneba's Canvas 7 with Ability Office
From entries submitted by Tom Wickline <twickline2@triad.rr.com>
Index: documentation/faq.sgml
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RCS file: /var/cvs/wine/documentation/faq.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 faq.sgml
--- documentation/faq.sgml 5 Dec 2002 19:14:02 -0000 1.2
+++ documentation/faq.sgml 9 Dec 2002 18:40:51 -0000
@@ -91,13 +91,31 @@
<para>
There are two free x86 hardware emulators:
<ulink url="http://bochs.sourceforge.net";> bochs</ulink>, and
- <ulink url="http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86";> plex86</ulink>
- that allow use of hardware other than x86 to run x86 programs. Both
- use the GPL. Bochs is older than plex86, seems to be easier to
- install, but plex86 will run faster because plex86 uses a real
- time binary compiler. The drawback of all emulators is that you
- need a version of Windows in order to run Windows.
+ <ulink url="http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/plex86";> plex86</ulink>.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Plex86 is the opensource free-software alternative for VMWare,
+ VirtualPC, and other IA-32 on IA-32 "Virtual PC products." It
+ can only run on the IA-32 architecture.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Bochs is a highly portable open source IA-32 (x86) PC emulator
+ written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation
+ of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS. Currently,
+ bochs can be compiled to emulate a 386, 486 or Pentium CPU. Bochs is capable
+ of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux,
+ Windows® 95, DOS, and recently Windows® NT 4.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Both ar licensed under the GPL. Bochs is older than plex86, seems to be
+ easier to install, but plex86 will run faster because plex86 uses a real
+ time binary compiler. The drawback of all emulators is that you need a version
+ of Windows in order to run Windows.
+ </para>
+
</answer>
</qandaentry>
@@ -818,7 +836,7 @@
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>
- <qandadiv id="Getting-Wine-faq">
+ <qandadiv id="Getting-Wine">
<title>Getting Wine</title>
<qandaentry>
<question id="Where-can-I-get-Wine">
@@ -1044,6 +1062,19 @@
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="How-do-I-upgrade-configuration">
+ <para>How do I upgrade Wine without losing my working configuration?</para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Upgrading the wine installation does not affect the existing wine
+ configuration. So after upgrading wine you still have the old (working )
+ wine configuration.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="If-I-use-Windows-which-versions-OK">
<para>If I want to use a Windows install, which versions are OK?</para>
</question>
@@ -1612,9 +1643,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Deneba's Canvas 7
- (<ulink url="http://www.deneba.com/dazroot/softlibs/cv7_linux/default.html";>
- http://www.deneba.com/dazroot/softlibs/cv7_linux/default.html</ulink>)
+ Ability Office
+ (<ulink url="http://www.ability.com/linux/abilitylinux.php";>
+ http://www.ability.com/linux/abilitylinux.php</ulink>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
--
Dimi.
