From: Ted Roche Subject: CentraLUG July meeting combined with MonadLUG: 14 July in Peterborough, Ira Krakow and Wine Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:43:59 +0000 As the regular meeting night of the CentraLUG group falls on the fourth, the meeting with be combined with the Monadnock Area LUG, MonadLUG, who meets on the second Thursday of each month at the SAU #1 Office, 106 Hancock Road at 7 PM, Peterborough. Directions are available on Google at: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=106+hancock+road+peterborough, +nh&spn=0.020538,0.052245&hl=en Topic: Running Windows Applications in Linux Presenter: Ira Krakow - ikrakow_1999 yahoo com Summary: An overview of Wine, which enables Windows applications to run in Linux, and Winelib, which enables Windows application sources to compile and run on Linux Abstract: Ira discusses Wine and Winelib, which make it possible to run some Windows applications on Linux, and to more easily port applications that were originally written for a Windows platform. He'll also touch on other projects that can help an enterprise overcome its Windows dependencies, such as ReactOS (the open source port of Windows NT), MinGW (the port of GCC for Windows programs), and Mono (essentially, Wine for .NET and C#). Ira is currently co- authoring a book for Prentice-Hall, on Wine and Winelib; his co- author is Brian Vincent.