Wine (software) facts for kids
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| Original author(s) | Alexandre Julliard |
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| Developer(s) | Wine authors (1,426 and counting) |
| Initial release | July 4, 1993 |
| Stable release |
4.0 / January 22, 2019
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| Preview release |
4.0 / January 22, 2019
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| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like systems and Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Size | 19 MB (archived) |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Compatibility layer |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
Wine is a piece of software which lets Unix-like computer operating systems on the x86 and x86-64 architectures to execute programs written for Microsoft Windows. Wine runs Windows programs without using emulation. Wine also provides a software library known as Winelib which developers can compile Windows applications against to help port them to Unix-like systems. Some Wine code is used in ReactOS, a free operating system that is Windows-compatible and is not based on Unix.
The Wine developers released version 1.0 of Wine, after 15 years of development, on June 17 2008. Wine is free software, released under terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
- Wine newsgroup (Google web interface)
Images for kids
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A screenshot showing how Wine can be configured to mimic different versions of Windows, going as far back as Windows 2.0 in the 32-bit version (64-bit Wine supports only 64-bit versions of Windows)
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WINE Solitaire running on Android
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See also
In Spanish: Wine para niños
