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Umgomo wephrojekthi ye-Wine ukuthuthukisa "ingqimba yokuhumusha" ye-Linux nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihambisanayo ze-POSIX ezenza abasebenzisi baqalise izinhlelo zokusebenza zakwaMicrosoft Windows kulawo mahlelo asebenzayo .
Lolu hlobo lwezinguqulo luyiphakeji yesofthiwe e "emulates" i-Microsoft Windows API ( Application Programming Interface ), kodwa abathuthukisi bagcizelela ukuthi akulona umthumeli ngomqondo wokuthi uneza islaythi esengeziwe se-software ngaphezulu kwesistimu yokusebenza yasekhaya, ingangezelela inkumbulo nokubala ngaphezulu futhi ingathinteki ukusebenza.
Kunalokho iwayini inikeza amanye ama-DDL (Dynamic Link Libraries) okudingekayo ukuqhuba izinhlelo zokusebenza. Lezi yizici ze-software zomdabu ezithi, ngokuya kokuqaliswa kwazo, zingaba ngendlela ephumelelayo noma ephumelelayo kunezingxenye zabo ze-Windows. Yingakho ezinye izinhlelo ze-MS Windows zigijima ngokushesha ku-Linux kunama-Windows.
Ithimba lokuthuthukiswa kwewayini lenze inqubekelaphambili enkulu ekufinyeleleni umgomo wokuvumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baqalise izinhlelo ze-Windows ku-Linux. Enye indlela yokulinganisa leyo nqubekela phambili ukubala inani lezinhlelo ezihlolwe. I-Database Application Database njengamanje iqukethe ukungena kuka-8500 okufakiwe. Akuwona wonke asebenza kahle, kodwa izinhlelo eziningi ze-Windows ezisetshenziswa kakhulu, njengeziphakelalwazi nemidlalo elandelayo: Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, XP, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, I-Adobe Photoshop, i-Quicken, i-Quicktime, i-iTunes, i-Windows Media Player 6.4, i-Lotus Notes 5.0 no-6.5.1, i-Silkroad Online 1.x, i-Half-Life 2 yokuThengisa, i-Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6 ne-Battlefield 1942 1.6.
Ngemuva kokufaka iwayini, izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Windows zingafakwa ngokufaka i-CD ku-drive ye-CD, ukuvula iwindi legobolondo, indlela eya ku-CD lwemibhalo equkethe ukufakwa kokusebenza, nokufaka "iwayini setup.exe", uma isethaphu.exe uhlelo lokufaka .
Lapho uqhuba izinhlelo ku-Wine, umsebenzisi angakhetha phakathi kwimodi ye- "desktop-in-a-box" namafasitela angaxubekile. Iwayini isekela kokubili imidlalo ye-DirectX ne-OpenGL. Ukusekela i-Direct3D kunqunyelwe. Kukhona i-API yewayini evumela abahleli ukuba babhale isofthiwe egijima ngumthombo futhi kanambambili iyahambisana nekhodi Win32.
Le phrojekthi yaqala ngo-1993 ngenhloso yokusebenzisa izinhlelo ze-Windows 3.1 ku-Linux. Ngokulandelayo, izinguqulo zezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Unix zenzelwe. Umxhumanisi wokuqala wephrojekthi, uBob Amstadt, unikeze le phrojekthi ku-Alexandre Julliard ngonyaka ozayo. U-Alexandre ubelokhu ehola imizamo yokuthuthukiswa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.