Ingaba isebenza kanjani
Injongo yeprojekthi yewayini ukuphuhlisa "ulungiso lokuguqulela" lwe-Linux kunye nezinye iinkqubo zokusebenza ezihambelanayo ze-POSIX ezivumela abasebenzisi ukuba baqhube izicelo zakwaMicrosoft yemvelo kulezo zixhobo zokusebenza .
Uluhlu loguqulelo luphawu lweprogram oluthi "lukhupha" iMicrosoft Windows API ( Interface Programming Interface ), kodwa abaphuculisi bagxininisa ukuba akuyena ummiselo ngolo hlobo ukuba longeza ungcolisi lwesoftware kwiprogram yomsebenzi wokuzalwa, unokongezelela imemori kunye nokuqulunqwa kwamanzi kunye nokuchaphazela kakubi ukusebenza.
Esikhundleni sewayini kunika ezinye i-DDL (i-Dynamic Link Libraries) ezifunekayo ukuqhuba izicelo. Lezi zixhobo zeprojekti zendalo, ngokuxhomekeke ekuphunyezweni kwazo, zinokusebenza ngokufanelekileyo okanye zisebenzayo ngakumbi kunezihlobo zazo zeWindows. Yingakho ezinye ze-MS Windows izicelo zihamba ngokukhawuleza kwiLinux kunokuba kwiWindows.
Iqela lephuhliso lewayini lenze inkqubela phambili ekufezekiseni injongo yokuvumela abasebenzisi ukuba baqhube iinkqubo zeWindows kwiLuxu. Enye indlela yokulinganisa loo nkqubela kukubala inani leenkqubo eziye zavavanywa. I-Database Application Data iqulethe ngoku kungaphezulu kwama-8500. Akunabo bonke asebenza ngokugqibeleleyo, kodwa amaninzi asetyenziswa kwiWindows Applications asebenza kakuhle, afana neephakheji zeekhompyutha kunye nemidlalo: Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, XP, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, I-Adobe Photoshop, i-Quicken, i-Quicktime, i-iTunes, i-Windows Media Player 6.4, i-Lotus Notes 5.0 no-6.5.1, i-Silkroad Online 1.x, i-Halk-Life 2 i-Retail, i-Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6, kunye ne-Battlefield 1942 1.6.
Emva kokufaka iwayini, iifayile zeWindows zingafakwa ngokufaka iCD kwiCD drive, ukuvula iwindi yegobolondo, ukuhamba kwi-CD yerekhodi equkethe ukufakwa kokusebenza, nokufaka "i-wine settingup.exe", ukuba i-setup.exe yinkqubo yofakelo .
Xa uqhuba iinkqubo kwiWin, umsebenzisi unokukhetha phakathi kwimo ye "desktop-in-box" kunye neefestile ezixubekayo. Iwayini isekela zombini i-DirectX ne-OpenGL imidlalo. Inkxaso ye-Direct3D iyancipha. Kukho i-API yewayini evumela abaprogram ukuba babhale i-software eqhubayo ngumthombo kwaye ibhonari iyahambisana nekhowudi yeWin32.
Le projekthi yaqalwa ngo-1993 kunye nenjongo yokuqhuba ii-Windows 3.1 kwi-Linux. Emva koko, iinguqu zezinye iinkqubo zokusebenza ze Unix ziye zaphuhliswa. Umququzeleli wangaphambili weprojekthi, uBob Amstadt, wanikela le projekthi kwiAlexandre Julliard ngonyaka kamva. U-Alexandre uholele phambili iinzame zophuhliso.