Re: [Darwine] darwine

[Joshua R. <jos...@us...>]

d.k...@we... wrote:
> i have an ibook g4 running os x 10.4.7 will wine work on my ibook if
> so do i download the power pc one or the x86 one or universal i've
> looked at the screenshots and it seems to look good would i be able
> to run any other non  demanding windows .exe's like windows messenger?

A G4 is a type of PowerPC so you would want either the PowerPC one or 
the universal one (universal means it works on both x86 and PowerPC). 
WINE may technically work on your computer, but since virtually all 
existing Windows programs are compiled for x86 you would not be able to 
run them. There are plans to eventually integrate an x86 emulator with 
WINE to allow what you want to do, but unfortunately it doesn't seem 
likely that that will be complete any time soon.

Your best bet to run Windows software on your current hardware is 
probably an actual copy of Windows running in a free emulator like QEMU: 
<http://www.kju-app.org/>.

Cheers,
Josh