For the median Windows user who wants to try something new, running native Windows apps really truly needs to be no fuss and “just work.” This has been, erm, not exactly my experience with Wine.
I don’t mean that as a dig at Wine, I know it’s technically impressive and incredibly valuable. Granted, I haven’t tried to use it in years, and I’m sure it’s improved a lot in that time. But if I set a family member up with a Linux distro, I’d be shocked frankly if they figure out how to use Windows on their own.
I don’t mean that as a dig at Wine, I know it’s technically impressive and incredibly valuable. Granted, I haven’t tried to use it in years, and I’m sure it’s improved a lot in that time. But if I set a family member up with a Linux distro, I’d be shocked frankly if they figure out how to use Windows on their own.