Just wondering... What do you use Wine for?

[Bulat]

I use chess software, for example, Chess Base.

[User0x55]

I use WinMerge for backups: checking the folders, comparing files and merging/copying them if needed.
I could not find a good single replacement, but I'm trying to switch to FreeFileSync using Meld as a comparison tool.

[markol]

SQLyog and some CRM client.
I would love to run Xara (Photo & Graphic Designer), but it's unusable so I have to keep my old win10 VM.

[Germ]

Thanks for the responses everyone.

[atomick]

Odd the Post Answered itself by the itself at the opening question. "Quote I don't use any windows Programs" ? What is wine used for.
wine - Wine is Not an Emulator ! it is a designed application or compatible layer of software allowing applications as to Perform running Windows programs to operate close as or matching operations. On top of the Linux Operating Systems Platform.

Mac has parallels another similar like application layer of Software designed to run MS windows programs on the Mac platform of operating systems.

So Install Wine / install windows programs and run as you would on Windows.
Problem is, it is not 100 percent that all windows applications game etc will not all successfully run exactly the same as they where in comparison as run on Windows platform.

basically that is the gargon phrase of what wine is. and its use. user experience and rumor access "Mileage may Differ".

[5th.attempt]

Lutris with StarCraft2

[AVLinux]

I personally use Wine and it is a very big part of AV Linux to run Windows Audio Plugins in Linux Recording Programs. Why would you want that? Plugins provide effects like Delays and Reverbs etc, they emulate old vintage tube gear, they provide guitar amplifier simulations, synthesizers, samplers, analysis tools and countless other ways to work with sound and extend the capabilities of Audio Recording Programs. While it's a fact there are many great Plugins on Linux and more being developed every day the truth is Windows has tenfold the choices of Plugins and people who are coming to Linux from Windows often don't want to lose the Plugins they are used to with known functionality so for various reasons having this functionality from Wine is sought after and pretty much expected in an Audio Distribution.

[Mauser]

I don't use WINE because in my experience it can never run a program made for Windows that there is no LINUX alternative like for one example is my R7 Uniden radar detector has software to update it only made for Windows, Apple, and nothing for LINUX. I use a Windows Laptop to update my radar detector which is the only thing I use that old Laptop for because of what Windows has manifested into. I like the idea of the idea of WINE but in my case it's useless since it can't run the program I need it to run. This is a disadvantage of LINUX that has yet to be overcome.

[DukeComposed]

I don't use WINE because in my experience it can never run a program made for Windows that there is no LINUX alternative like for one example is my R7 Uniden radar detector

I can imagine that Windows software meant to update a peripheral would be difficult; it probably depends on if the software expects a USB or serial connection to the device, but I'm guessing WINE can be edited to handle that if you have the wherewithal. Personally I think WINE is useful for Windows software that has no Linux alternative. Games are always an easy example. I like Silent Hill 2, Dune 2000, Fallout 3, and Alone in the Dark 1. But I also like WINE because it gives me an opportunity to run Notepad++, which is just a nice text editor and the Linux spin-off NotepadNext is just nowhere near as useful. I may be the only person you'll ever know who has Notepad++ as a Lutris entry.

[Tovian]

I've seen it used as a suffix for the partial-name "Ead".

(ohhhhhh, that was baaaaad)