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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="whatiswine" xreflabel="What is Wine?">
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<?dbhtml filename="whatiswine.html"?>
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<title>What is Wine?</title>
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<para>
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<application>Wine</application> is an application that allows users
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to execute Windows software via a compatibilty layer. Although the
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acronym of WINE (Wine Is Not Emulation) describes itself as not an
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emulator but as a compatabilty layer, many still see it as one.
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</para>
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<para>
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<application>Wine</application> is geared towards running normal
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Windows software whereas Steam's <application>Proton</application>
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is more geared towards playing games at high performance. Trying
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to run regular Windows software may be troublesome with <application>
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Proton</application> but is no trouble to <application>Wine</application>.
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Even some games run better on <application>Wine</application> but
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struggle or simply don't launch with <application>Proton</application>.
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</para>
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<para>
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As <application>Wine</application> deals with a foreign format,
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it is to be expected that it depends on extra toolchains as well as
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other dependencies. Please check <xref linkend="winedeps"/> before
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continuing with this chapter.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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