[TAG] how to open .exe file

[Jimmy O'Regan]

On 16/03/07, Ben Okopnik <ben at linuxgazette.net> wrote:
> On the other hand, if you wanted to execute it - well, there's 'dosemu'
> for programs that output only to the DOS console, and 'wine', as Thomas
> mentioned, for the simpler GUI apps.

Wine should be able to run most things, not just simple programs. It
might need some DLLs from a real installation of Windows
(http://www.dll-files.com/ should help), and it might not run without
errors, but it should be able to handle most programs.

Wine's Application Database (http://appdb.winehq.org/) is good place
to check if Wine is able to run your program.

If the program is a self-extracting zip file, unzip should be able to
extract the files.

If the program is a .Net executable, use Mono
(http://www.mono-project.com/) instead of Wine.

> If, however, it is the standard
> modern virus-loaded, spyware-installing, system-backdoor-creating
> Wind0ws program... well, I'm afraid that we can't help you; you'd need
> an actual, gin-u-wine (that is, *not* 'wine') Wind0ws OS to experience
> its full functionality.

http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/25/1430222&from=rss
:)