#Playing a .exe file on mac full

All of the programs were running on a Unix server and I needed to establish an X front end to do it. Personally, I got started with Linux for a very similar reason, so that I could create a remote X windows session to do my homework in my dorm room instead of having to go to the computer lab. computer/Īlso, there are some basic Linux command line utilities (Pretty much my notes to myself) at:

#Playing a .exe file on mac full

If you are looking at getting started with Linux to learn for University, you might wish to start with a LiveCD or Linux on a USB drive, as you can run that on your desktop machine to give you a full Linux environment, without the need of reformatting or dual booting your machine.

Therefore, you still do not get to use the standard DOS commands at the terminal, instead of the Linux commands.Īs mentioned otherwise in this thread, getting Wine to work under the Raspberry Pi is going to be tricky, given the fact that the ARM processor is not an x86 based processor, and probably more importantly, is under powered for the typical requirements of Wine.

jpg file and the macOS launches Preview, or when you double click on a. This is just like when you double click on a. exe file, the macOS launches Parallels Desktop. Just as an FYI, even when running on a Linux machine, Wine attempts to emulate a portion of the Windows structure, it does not create a windows 'Virtual Machine' for you to run in. Underneath, here is how the magic works: Parallels Desktop tells the Mac that it can open. So I don't have to learn the Linux terminology. It would be fine, if Wine just lets me continue to use the DOS commands at commandline,