Running EXE applications on Xandros Presto? No problem!
WINE is an applicatin that creates compability layer to execute Windows applications on systems from Linux family.
Many users of Ubuntu, Fedora and other linuxes use it to create Windows-like environment “inside” their system.
The idea of WINE is to “emulate” (since Wine Is Not an Emulator) crucial parts of Windows needed to use apps from that system directly in linux.
So, when You right-click on .exe file and select “Open with Wine Program Loader” it’s opened just like it was Windows (the only difference is that You can not harm Your system when You open a file containing a virus 
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WINE is evolving fast and if an application is not fully compatibile with it, developers try to find workaround.
And it is worth using…the trick is that WINE gives You only those part of Windows that are needed to run apps. So, when You run .exe file under WINE (in most cases) it works with better performance! One of the best exaples is Adobe Photoshop family. You can open more files in the same time, filters work faster and the program is more stable. I use Photoshop 7 on WINE only – the difference is huge (20 photos opened simultaneously under Windows and 80 (!) under WINE). According to WINE WIKI “Photoshop 5 through CS2 and CS4 install and work pretty well on wine. Photoshop CS3 has some issues but most things work.”
You can find WINE in the “Desktop Enhancements” category in the Xandros Presto Application Store.
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