<title>Further questions and comments</title>
<para>
If, after examining this guide, the FAQ, and other relevant
- documentation there's still something you can't figure out,
- we'd love to hear from you. The <ulink
+ documentation there is still something you cannot figure out,
+ we would love to hear from you. The <ulink
url="http://www.winehq.org/site/forums">mailing lists</ulink>
section contains several mailing lists and an IRC channel, all
of which are great places to seek help and offer suggestions.
- If you're particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
+ If you are particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
explained better, you can file a <ulink
url="http://bugs.winehq.org/">bug report</ulink> or <ulink
url="http://www.winehq.org/site/sending_patches">post a
difficulty: not only must the user endure the frustration of
frequent rebooting, but programs for both platforms can't be
run simultaneously. Having Windows on a system also creates
- an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a seperate
+ an added burden: the software is expensive, requires a separate
disk partition, and is unable to read most filesystem formats,
making the sharing of data between operating systems difficult.
</para>
<para>
Wine makes it possible to run Windows programs alongside any
Unix-like operating system, particularly Linux. At its heart,
- wine is an implementation of the Windows Application
+ Wine is an implementation of the Windows Application
Programing Interface (API) library, acting as a bridge between
the Windows program and Linux. Think of Wine as a compatibility
- layer, when a Windows program tries to preform a function that
+ layer, when a Windows program tries to perform a function that
Linux doesn't normally understand, Wine will translate that
program's instruction into one supported by the system. For
example, if a program asks the system to create a Windows
to the window manager using the standard X11 protocol.
</para>
<para>
- If you have access to the Windows program's source code, wine
+ If you have access to the Windows program's source code, Wine
can also be used to recompile a program into a format that Linux
can understand more easily. Wine is still needed to launch the
program in its recompiled form, however there are many advantages
- to compiling a Windows program natively within linux. For more
+ to compiling a Windows program natively within Linux. For more
information, see the Winelib User Guide.
</para>
</sect2>
Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly
many different versions of Wine for you to choose from. The
standard version of Wine comes in intermittant releases
- (roughly every 90 days), and can be downloaded over the
+ (roughly once a month), and can be downloaded over the
internet in both prepackaged binary form and ready to compile
- source code form. Alternatively, you can install a prerelease
+ source code form. Alternatively, you can install a development
version of Wine by using the latest available source code on
- the CVS server. See the next chapter, Getting Wine (link:
- getting wine), for further details.
+ the CVS server. See the next chapter, <link
+ linkend="getting-wine">Getting Wine</link>, for further details.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
favorite Windows productivity applications in a
distributed thin-client environment under Linux, without
needing Microsoft Operating System licenses for each
- client machine. CrossOver OfficeServer Edition allows you
+ client machine. CrossOver Office Server Edition allows you
to satisfy the needs of literally hundreds of concurrent
users, all from a single server.
</entry>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
- <title>Virtual Operating System</title>
+ <title>Virtual Machines</title>
<para>
Rather than installing an entirely new operating system on your
machine, you can instead run a virtual machine at the software