and run some Microsoft Windows applications in Linux by using an
application named Wine. Wine enables you to use Microsoft Windows and
DOS programs on UNIX-based systems. Wine includes a program loader that
you can use to execute a Windows binary, along with a DLL library that
implements Windows command calls, translating them to the equivalent
UNIX and X11 command calls. Because of frequent updates to the Wine code
base, Wine is not included with Ubuntu. Download a current version of Wine
from www.winehq.org. To see whether your favorite application is supported
by Wine, you can look at the Wine application database at
https://appdb.winehq.org.
Other solutions, primarily CrossOver Office from CodeWeavers, enable use
of Microsoft productivity applications. If you are after a closer-to-painless
way of running not only Microsoft Office but also Apple iTunes and other
software, you should investigate CodeWeavers. CrossOver Office is one of
the simplest programs you can use to get Windows-based programs to work.
Check out www.codeweavers.com to download a trial version of the latest
software.
References
http://www.libreoffice.org—The home page for the LibreOffice suite
http://www.documentfoundation.org—The home page for The Document
Foundation
http://www.openoffice.org—The home page for the OpenOffice.org office
suite
http://www.pdfedit.cz/en/index.html—The home page for PDF Edit
http://www.codeweavers.com—The home page for CrossOver Office from
CodeWeavers that enables you to run some Windows programs under
Linux