CrossOver Office is unique among the three Windows compatibility solutions discussed in this chapter in that it comes closest to allowing you to run Windows applications nativelyin their own application windows, with transparent access to the Linux file system, your home By the Way You can learn more about or purchase CrossOver Office by visiting the CodeWeavers website at http://www.codeweavers.com. CrossOver Office: Architecture and CapabilitiesCrossOver Office is built using the open-source WINE (which stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator) project. WINE is a reimplementation of the Windows API for Linux, meaning that as it matures, it will gradually form the basis for complete or near-complete Windows compatibility, without the need to actually run an instance of the Windows operating system. Because WINE is currently only partially complete, it is not yet able to run all Windows applications successfully. However, the authors of WINE and CrossOver Office have focused on major applications first, so current versions of CrossOver Office can run the latest versions of many of the most essential or commonly needed Windows applications at native speeds in Linux. These applications include
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