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   Subject: Re: newbie: Windows in Ubuntu?   
   From: Kurt    
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   Moog  wrote in   
   news:mn.19f67d723ce2c48b.63555@efcmoog.efc:    
      
   > R.A.M. illuminated the devil's arse on 03/02/2007 by typing:   
   >> Hello,   
   >> Sorry if my question is stupid but I am newbie and maybe I was   
   >> wrongly informed.   
   >> Is it possible to run Windows application in a window of kubuntu?   
   >> I have WIndows XP Professional installed.   
   >> /RAM/   
   >    
   > Hello RAM,   
   >    
   > It is possible to run *certain* windows applications in Ubuntu by    
   > passing it through an excellent piece of software called "wine".    
   > Unfortunately, not all apps will run successfully, and trial and   
   > error is the only way. There's multitude of help out there if you   
   > get stuck.    
   >    
   > If wine is not installed, you can do it by opening a terminal   
   > window and entering the following commands   
   >    
   > sudo apt-get update   
   > sudo apt-get install wine   
   >    
   > The docs for WINE can be viewed here.   
   > http://www.winehq.com/site/documentation   
      
   If I may add, be sure to read the docs, especially the documentation    
   for winecfg. Part of your installation and setting of a program to run    
   under wine will be from the command line (launching winecfg for    
   example), part of it will be via a GUI (winecfg itself).   
      
      
      
      
   >    
   > Basically you need to "install" the software using Wine on Ubuntu   
   > as you would do using windows. This then sets up the program as   
   > windows would, but from within Ubuntu.   
   > To do the above Windows is not actually required on your system at   
   > all.    
   >    
      
   It is not terrifically difficult to set up wine and run some programs    
   under it. But there is a learning curve.   
   --    
   Cheers,   
   Kurt     
       
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