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.

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 ...

How to run Windows applications on Linux Windows applications run on Linux through the use of third-party software. This capability does not exist inherently in the Linux kernel or operating system.

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 ...

WineHQ is a free software that allows you to run Windows applications, games, software on Mac, Linux, FreeBSD or Solaris without installing a copy of Microsoft Windows.

Thanks to WINE and its commercial big brother, CrossOver, you can run some popular Windows programs on Linux.

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.