From db7345c28fab924a412625164bc5d8cd86ad43c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dustin Navea Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 02:14:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Change first usage of the Word Linux into a link to the linux FAQ at linuxdoc.org. Change first usage of the word X11 into a link to the X11 FAQ at xfree86.org. Add wine-devel to the places to go for burning questions. Upped the system req's to the current requirements. Fixed a few grammatical errors and made the text look a little prettier. --- documentation/introduction.sgml | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/introduction.sgml b/documentation/introduction.sgml index d5f36ca405d..886711f3dcb 100644 --- a/documentation/introduction.sgml +++ b/documentation/introduction.sgml @@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ What is Wine? - Written by &name-john-sheets; &email-john-sheets; + + Written by &name-john-sheets; &email-john-sheets; + Modified by &name-dustin-navea; + @@ -14,9 +17,10 @@ Many people have faced the frustration of owning software that won't run on their computer. With the recent popularity of - Linux, this is happening more and more often because of - differing operating systems. Your Windows software won't run - on Linux, and your Linux software won't run in Windows. + + Linux, this is happening more and more often because + of differing operating systems. Your Windows software won't + run on Linux, and your Linux software won't run in Windows. A common solution to this problem is to install both operating @@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ Life would be so much easier if you could run all your applications on the same system, regardless of whether they are written for Windows or for Linux. On Windows, this isn't - really possible. + really possible, yet. Technically, if you have two networked computers, one @@ -47,10 +51,10 @@ However, Wine makes it possible to run native Windows - applications alongside native Linux applications on a Linux - (or BSD or Solaris) system. You can share desktop space between MS - Word and GnuCash, overlapping their windows, iconizing them, - and even running them from the same launcher. + applications alongside native Linux applications on any Unix-like + system. You can share desktop space between MS Word and GnuCash, + overlapping their windows, iconizing them, and even running them + from the same launcher. @@ -70,8 +74,9 @@ Wine can run applications in two discrete ways: as - pre-compiled Windows binaries, or as natively compiled X11 - (X Window System) applications. The former method uses + pre-compiled Windows binaries, or as natively compiled + X11 (X-Window + System) applications. The former method uses emulation to connect a Windows application to the Wine libraries. You can run your Windows application directly with the emulator, by installing through Wine or by simply @@ -104,13 +109,13 @@ If during reading this document there is something you can't figure out, or think could be explained better, or that should have been included, please immediately mail to - &name-web-admin; &email-web-admin or - post a bug report at the - Wine Bugzilla to - let us know how this document can be improved. - Remember, Open Source is - "free as in free speech, not as in free beer": - it can only work in case of very active involvement of its users ! + either the &name-web-admin; &email-web-admin; or + the &name-wine-devel; &email-wine-devel;, or + post a bug report to + Wine's Bugzilla to + let us know how this document can be improved. Remember, Open + Source is "free as in free speech, not as in free beer": it can + only work in the case of very active involvement by its users ! @@ -144,7 +149,10 @@ Wine Requirements and Features - Written by &name-andreas-mohr; &email-andreas-mohr; + + Written by &name-andreas-mohr; &email-andreas-mohr; + Modified by &name-dustin-navea; + @@ -156,26 +164,26 @@ - a computer ;-) Wine: only PCs >= i386 are supported at - the moment. Winelib: other platforms may be - supported, but can be tricky. + A computer ;-) + Wine: only PCs >= i386 are supported at the moment. + Winelib: other platforms may be supported, but can be tricky. - a UNIX-like operating system such as Linux, *BSD, - Solaris x86 + A UNIX-like operating system such as Linux, *BSD, + Solaris x86, ReactOS, Cygwin - >= 16MB of RAM. Everything below is pretty much - unusable. >= 64 MB is needed for "good" execution. + >= 32MB of RAM. Everything below is pretty much + unusable. >= 96 MB is needed for "good" execution. - an X11 window system (XFree86 etc.). Wine is prepared + An X11 window system (XFree86 etc.). Wine is prepared for other graphics display drivers, but writing support is not too easy. The text console display driver (ttydrv) is nearly usable. -- 2.11.4.GIT