In this tutorial of mine i am demonstrating how to Run windows programs in linux .... In my case i am using Ubuntu 10.10 with Kernel 2.6 I am using Wine [http://www.winehq.org/] to demonstrate my article.. Wine is a program that provides the windows API for running the windows programs … Installing Code: sudo apt-get wine For more information visit http://www.winehq.org/download/ Running files After installing you should restart your system... And most probably you will get a Designer/Attractive icon on all your exe's … For running any program Enter 'wine' followed by the Absolute Filename Code: Syntax :- wine filename eg:- wine '/home/aneesh/Desktop/app2win.exe' Running a File installed in C:// Drive(virtual) You can also run files already installed in your C:// drive eg :- Code: wine cmd Note : All the C:// files are stored in a directory ~/.wine This is my output :- Code: aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ cd ~/.wine/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ ls dosdevices drive_c system.reg userdef.reg user.reg Running IDA FREE :- Code: aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ cd drive_c/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c$ ls Program Files users windows aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c$ cd Program\ Files/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files$ ls AVS4YOU Common Files IDA Free Internet Explorer Windows Media Player aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files$ cd IDA\ Free/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IDA Free$ ls cfg ida.hlp license.txt sig vcl60.bpl dbghelp.dll ida.int loaders symsrv.dll vclx60.bpl idafreeware.pdf ida.wll plugins til wingraph32.exe idag.exe idc procs unins000.dat idahelp.chm ids rtl60.bpl unins000.exe aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/IDA Free$ wine idag.exe Thank you for using IDA. Have a nice day! Running IE :- Code: aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~$ cd /home/aneesh/.wine/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ ls dosdevices drive_c system.reg userdef.reg user.reg aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ cd d dosdevices/ drive_c/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine$ cd drive_c/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c$ ls Program Files users windows aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c$ cd Program\ Files/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files$ ls AVS4YOU Common Files IDA Free Internet Explorer Windows Media Player aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files$ cd I bash: cd: I: No such file or directory aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files$ cd Internet\ Explorer/ aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer$ ls iexplore.exe aneesh@aneesh-laptop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer$ wine iexplore.exe Conclusion Thanks for viewing my tutorial.. And keep the Thanks/Comments coming...