On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Martin Gregorie <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Gee, thanks for the help. I am not a computer IT person, or whatever >> you call it and I have no idea what you are talking about. >> > Simply put - if there is a Linux program that does the job, why would > you waste your own time trying to run a similar Windows program under > Wine? > > As far as I'm concerned, Wine is the last resort, to be used only if I > can't find a Linux program to do what I want. I wouldn't use it for web > browsers, e-mail, databases or flight simulators (Silent Flight, Flight > Gear and X-plane all have Linux ports) but I do use it to download > traces from my flight recorder because the only program that does that > is a Windows program. We've been over this several dozen times in the forums. Wine should work for any windows app (driver stuff and a few other exceptions aside). If a user's application doesn't work, it's a Wine bug. Wine isn't used solely to run applications on Linux, it's also used on other OS's that may not have those 'native Linux' applications. Furthermore, it's an open replication of the Win32 API. Wine isn't a 'last resort'. If a user wants their particular application over a native application, so be it. It's not your choice to make. Open source is supposed to inspire choice, remember? Long story short, if you think Wine is an option of last resort, that's your opinion, but don't come on the Wine forums to discourage Wine's use for native applications or other soapbox preaching. Come here to help other people with Wine. -- -Austin
