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Wine

Wine enables Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows. Wine is free software under constant development. Other platforms may benefit as well.

Most popular links

*  Frequently Asked Questions: If you're having a general problem with Wine, please read the FAQ!

*  Wine documentation: If the FAQ didn't help, try reading the manual! :)

*  The Wine Application Database: For help with a particular app, look up its entry in the AppDB.

*  Wine Users support forum: For asking questions that you can't find an answer to in the above.

*  Known Issues: Check here before you report a bug.

*  winetricks: A useful tool for using common workarounds to current deficiencies in Wine.

*  MacOSX: Running Wine on Apple OS X. 

About the Wine project

*  A brief overview of WineFeatures and goals.

*  Some short articles about the ImportanceOfWine and Debunking Wine Myths.

*  An overview of Wine ProjectOrganization.

*  WhosWho in the Wine project, Acknowledgements for major contributors, & a list of all registered wiki homepages.

*  The history of the Wine project and recent News.

*  Information about Wine's Licensing. 

Contribute

*  Developers: If you want to help with Wine or build it from source.

*  AppDB Maintainers: Some hints if you are (or want to become) an AppDB Maintainer.

*  Debuggers can help by testing Wine and narrowing down problems, or help triage bugs reported by other users.

*  Writers can contribute by documenting the program, maintaining the wiki, and translating various parts of the project.

*  Designers can, among other tasks, draw icons for programs, or improve the style and function of the website.

*  Wine Development Fund: Please consider making a donation to support the Wine project.

*  WikiToDo contains things you can do by merely editing this wiki. 

Other useful links

*  The TitleIndex of all pages in this Wiki (useful for wiki editors).

*  From uninstaller to regedit, a ListofCommands for all the little tools that come with Wine.

*  ThirdPartyApplications & "unofficial" tools that might come in handy.

*  UsefulRegistryKeys and various settings for configuring Wine.

*  Instructions for RegressionTesting.

*  DownloadLinks where you can find certain applications to use along with Wine.

*  Applications which officially test against Wine as a platform. 

More information

*  The Wine project SourceCode can be downloaded or browsed online.

*  You can browse archived discussions or subscribe to the Wine mailing lists.

*  Information on development progress and the status of Wine.

*  Other miscellaneous data such as usage statistics or database dumps.