GNU/Linux MX 18 Installing Latest WineHQ – QuickStart Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Latest WineHQ in MX GNU/Linux 18.x Desktops.
Especially relevant, as a possible and often better Alternative you could first see instead How to Install Wine on GNU/Linux.
And by this WineHQ MX Linux Setup you’ll be able to Run Windows Software!
Because Wine (originally an acronym for “Wine Is Not an Emulator”) is a Compatibility Layer capable of Running Windows Apps on several POSIX-compliant OSes systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD.
Instead, of Simulating internal Windows Logic like a Virtual Machine or Emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls On-the-Fly, eliminating the Performance and Memory Penalties of other Methods and allowing you to Cleanly Integrate Windows Apps into your Desktop.
Especially relevant is how you dispose of 2 Branches of the Latest Wine Release: Stable and Development.
1. Launching Terminal
Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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