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    Wine Leaving Windows Behind? Bring your apps with you!

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    Dan Kegel / Cebit 2009


    Pay attention, there will be a quiz at the end! Hyperlinked presentation online at www.kegel.com/cebit The opinions expressed in this talk are my own, not my employer's.

    For most people, since about 1995, computer = Windows

    And Linux is thought of as geeky and hard to use, if at all

    So why does HP promote Linux on the Mini Mi?

    And why do 30% of Dell Minis run Linux?

    Because Linux is now easy to use, thanks to projects like Ubuntu

    InfoWorld (Mar '09) says Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream
    I was struck by how XP-like Ubuntu 8.10 is. And that's a good thing. It took me very little time to find where standard functions are, given the similarities. In fact, it's a much easier transition [than Vista].

    And OpenOffice has become a very usable free office suite

    PC World says (Mar 2009) 4 Ways to Save Money on Software OpenOffice can easily take the place of Microsoft Office

    And Windows-only websites are now rarer thanks to great free browsers like Firefox

    Moreover, Windows has issues. Windows Vista doesn't fit on most netbooks

    And Windows costs $20-$50, which hurts a lot on laptops that sell for $250

    And Microsoft limits Windows netbooks to 1GB RAM, 1GHz CPU, 16 GB Flash 10.2 Screen, no DirectX 10 to protect sales of more expensive computers

    The restrictions are not subtle

    Now that HP and Dell have chosen Linux, should you try it?

    Linux comes with thousands of apps and free updates

    You're free to install Linux wherever and whenever you like

    You're even encouraged to share Linux with your friends

    Any programmer in the world can fix or improve Linux

    Linux upgrades never forced New versions of Ubuntu always free

    Linux has ~1% as many viruses


    (source: netlux.org)

    Munich, Niedersachsen, France, Spain, China, Russia, and Brazil are using desktop Linux Reasons: flexibility, independence, cost

    OK, I'm convinced, I should try Linux. But there's just one more thing:

    I need this one app, can I take it with me?

    You could use VMWare and Windows, but then you still have to deal with Windows licensing and upgrades

    If Linux is a free clone of Unix, can't it be a free clone of Windows, too?

    Yes! With Wine, Linux now runs many apps. Just add it in "Add/Remove Applications"

    But isn't Wine complicated to use?

    No! To install a Windows app, just double-click its installer

    The app then shows up in the menu

    And its files show up in wine's C: directory

    Here's what Firefox's files look like

    Wine is a work in progress WineHQ.org is where to go for support

    Wine's App Database is your friend Check here before trying a new app

    The appdb says Powerpoint 2007 needs a configuration tweak and wine-1.1.14 or later

    Newer versions of Wine can be downloaded from winehq.org

    Tweaks are done with Winecfg Six mouse clicks and one word later, Powerpoint is happy

    Missing libraries or fonts can be installed with Winetricks

    Wine is free? How can that work? What's Wine's business model?
    Is it made by Heinzelmaenner?

    A few dozen large customers and many volunteers are enough to sustain Wine

    The Wine team is dozens of volunteers plus ~10 paid programmers

    Selected user-sponsored improvements 1998: Corel WordPerfect 2000: Borland Kylix 2001: Lindows Office 2000 2003: Disney Photoshop 7 2004: Gupta Team Developer 2005: Google Summer of Code 2006: Google Picasa 2008: Google Photoshop CS2/CS3 Every time a large user sponsors bug fixes, Wine grows stronger. Thanks!

    So who should try Wine?

    Don't try Wine yet if you need: Win64 (2009Q4?) Direct3D 10 (2009Q4?) USB dongles (patch available) WPF / XAML (not started)

    you need dozens of apps to work perfectly you don't want to help track down problems Wine probably isn't ready for you

    If

    or

    then

    you need a few apps to work perfectly you are willing to help track down problems Wine might be ready for you

    If

    and

    then

    But first, try to switch from Windows apps

    to open source or Web apps

    because direct support is always better

    What if something goes wrong?

    Free support options (forums, chat, FAQ, doc, wiki, bug tracker): Wine: www.winehq.org/help Ubuntu Linux: help.ubuntu.com Or any Linux user group

    Commercial paid support options: Wine: codeweavers.com/support or codeweavers.com/services Ubuntu Linux: ubuntu.com/support or canonical.com/services Or any Linux support vendor

    Case studies

    Kindl & partnei Advoktn kancel Chomutov,Czech Republic Computers: 10 Native Apps: Firefox, OpenOffice Wine apps: ASPI (Czech legal software)

    Mobile County District Attorney Mobile, Alabama Computers: 200 (MacOSX) Wine apps: IE6, media players Uses commercially supported Wine Engaged Codeweavers to improve codec support

    Xavier School Manila, Philippines Computers: 600 Native Apps: Firefox, OpenOffice, Notes Wine apps: Winplot + custom VB6 apps

    City of Munich Germany Computers: Windows(12800), Linux(1200) Apps: Firefox (all), OpenOffice (8000) Wine: GeoInfo, WS_FTP, a legal app (250) Deploying Linux is more about managing change than about technology

    But what about quality? Is Wine developed with care?

    True, Wine is developing rapidly

    but each change passes rigorous tests

    and bugs are tracked and fixed steadily

    Why is it called Wine?

    Wine Is Not an Emulator


    -- it's a catalyst

    QUIZ

    If it costs 10 million EUR to fix all Wine bugs, and EU has fined Microsoft 1.7 billion EUR, Q. Can you think of a cost-effective way for the EU to use some of that money to stimulate competition in the operating system market? Q. How much would each of CeBIT's halfmillion visitors have to contribute to fix all known Wine bugs?

    Slides/video online at kegel.com/cebit


    Please copy - see Attribution-ShareAlike license If your group would like a Wine presentation, please contact me The opinions expressed in this talk are my own, not those of my employer

    Questions?

    Text copyright 2009, Dan Kegel

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