If you have migrated from Windows to Linux and whenever you are working in Linux, you miss some windows-only apps so much that you just can't see yourself using Linux alternative applications.

Like, Say if you are hardcore Macromedia Dreamweaver user you will hardly be impressed with Bluefish editor .

So don't loose hope, you can use WINE to get windows applications running directly in Linux. Not all windows applications run. Accordingly to me , rule_of_thumb is , 1 yr or 2 yr old apps will run with WINE, there is list of them at http://appdb.winehq.org .

I had to run following command to get WINE.

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sudo yum install wine
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Now at my Fedora 7 distro on Laptop , I will try to install Dreamweaver trial version. Do i succeed? you can check the video to find out.




NOTE:- like WINE is for old games and windows applications, there is another linux package called Cedega from Transgaming to run DirectX9 windows games on Linux.

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