With the release of Wine 8, the Windows replica for Linux has matured again and enables more Windows programs. In most cases, however, additional work is necessary to set up Windows programs.

In today's open source roundup: How to run Windows software in your favorite Linux distribution. Plus: Four tools to securely delete data in Linux, and MIPS-powered Chromebooks might be on the way.

PlayOnLinux provides a user-friendly interface for Wine to run almost any Windows application on Linux. With PlayOnLinux, you can create separate environments for apps and also use pre-installed ...

You can run many native Windows programs on Linux using Wine. This can be hard to set up, but its commercial brother, CodeWeaver’s Crossover Linux, makes it easy to set up many proprietary ...

The SCO Group's Opinder Bawa offers tips on getting your Windows applications to run on Linux systems.

The best ways to run Windows games new and old on Linux, updated for 2019.