Wine Frequently Asked Questions & Answers

P. David Gardner `pdg@primenet.com`

2.9.1 April 1995

This is the mid-month posting of the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the Wine development project mad only to comp.emulaturs.ms-windows.wine. It contains both general and technical information about Wine: project status, how to obtain and configure and run it, and more. Please read this FAQ carefully before you post questions about Wine to Usenet to see if your question is already answered here first.

1. Introduction

2. Overview

2.1 What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?

2.2 What does the word Wine stand for?

2.3 What is the current version of Wine?

2.4 When will Wine be ready for general distribution?

3. Program Compatibility

3.1 When will Wine be ready for general distribution?

3.2 Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine never to be able to run at all, and for what reason(s)?

3.3 Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower under Unix and Wine than they do under MS-DOS and MS Windows? Will certain kinds of programs run slower or faster?

3.4 Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running MS Windows applications under wine that I should be aware of?

3.5 Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications

3.6 Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications

4. Hardware/Software Considerations

4.1 Under what hardware platform(s) and operating system(s) will Wine run?

4.2 What minimum CPU must I have in my computer to be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?

4.3 How much disk space will the Wine source code and binaries take on my hard drive?

4.4 How much RAM do I need to have on my Unix system to be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?

4.5 I have a Doublespaced or Stackered MS-DOS partition. Can Wine run MS Windows binaries located in such a partition?

4.6 Do I need to have a MS-DOS partition on my system to use Wine? Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition

4.7 If Wine completely replaces MS Windows, will it duplicate all of the functions of MS Windows?

4.8 Will I be able to install MS Windows applications in any Unix filesystem?

4.9 Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?

4.10 Will Wine run under any X window manager?

4.11 What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows applications run under Wine?

5. How to Find, Install, Configure and Run Wine

5.1 What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows applications run under Wine?

5.2 If I do not have an Internet account, how can I get Wine?

5.3 How do I install Wine on my hard drive?

5.4 How do I compile the Wine distribution source code?

5.5 How do I configure Wine to run on my system?

5.6 How do I run an MS Windows program under Wine?

5.7 I have installed and configured Wine, but Wine cannot find MS Windows on my drive. Where did I go wrong?

5.8 I think I've found a bug. How do I report this bug to the Wine programming team?

5.9 I was able to get various MS Windows programs to run, but their menus do not work. What is wrong?

5.10 I have run various MS Windows programs but since the program menus do not work, how can I exit these programs?

5.11 How do I remove Wine from my computer?

6. How To Get Help

6.1 Is there a Usenet newsgroup for Wine?

6.2 Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?

6.3 Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?

6.4 Is there a mailing list for Wine?

7. How You Can Help

7.1 How can I help contribute to the Wine project, and in what way(s)?

7.2 I want to help beta test Wine. How can I do this?

7.3 I have written some code that I would like to submit to the Wine project. How do I go about doing this?

8. Who is Responsible for Wine

8.1 I have written some code that I would like to submit to the Wine project. How do I go about doing this?

8.2 I have written some code that I would like to submit to the Wine project. How do I go about doing this?

8.3 Who are the folks and organizations who have contributed money or equipment to the Wine project?