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the ignorance displayed towards Open Source and Linux in this so called "progressive" forum is staggering sometimes.

Wine does not claim to run "every" bit of Windows software but what it does run is amazing. I've used it for various programs for many years and for the most part it works well.

I ran a Windows based customer invoicing software for my home based business for many years using Wine and Linux. It worked nicely and I never had an issue with it. I've run many games over the years using it and most ran fine. Once in a while I hit one that didn't but not often.

Wine is underneath the Steam based Proton software. Steam allows Linux users the ability to run thousands of games.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/80-percent-of-steam-games-run-on-linux

Microsoft is absolutely one of the worst companies on the planet. Wine allows you a chance to break free from their market monopoly. It might not run every thing but it sure does run a lot.

I haven't used Windows since the late 90's thanks to Open Source, Linux, and Wine. You can too.