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Just wondering, are there some things Wine can do that Windows can't? (Besides run on Linux)
by ape4 4y ago
Just wondering, are there some things Wine can do that Windows can't? (Besides run on Linux)
- goosedragons 4y agoYes. Run 16 bit apps on a 64 bit OS install. A lot of old PC games no longer have 3D acceleration support on modern Windows like Jedi Knight I. On Wine the 3D acceleration just works. You can get Windows to do this stuff too of course but not out of the box.
- bitwize 4y agoWine's 16-bit shim, winevdm, can even be run on 64-bit Windows to make it capable of running 16-bit apps.
- cruise9 4y agoWe use this for running an old version of 16-bit Protel EDA on our work computers. (Initially, I had setup a windows XP VM for this purpose, but it turned out to be a lot of friction for users, as well as requiring an annoying amount of setup) Generally WineVDM works very well for running Protel with a few visual bugs.