Soon you will be able to run Windows apps on your Android smartphones or tablets through Wine, the popular open-source app.
Wine, the
popular open-source application that allows users to run Windows apps
and software on Linux, is being ported to Google's Android platform.
Wine a.k.a WINdows Emulator a.k.a Wine
Is Not an Emulator, also ported to OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris, comes with
software library Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows
apps to help port them to Unix-like systems.
According to reports, Alexandre
Julliard, the original developer behind Wine project, is working to port
the app to Google's platform. Julliard has also briefly revealed Wine
for Android. Phoronix in its report says the performance was
“horrendously slow”, but noted, it was because Wine was running on an
“emulated Android environment” rather than on an actual device.
“Julliard uses an Apple MacBook for
development of his software that runs on Linux to run Windows software…
Android was emulated for his demo,” says Phoronix in its report.
“A Windows application running on
Android. While Wine is coming to ARM and there's quite a lot of interest
there, CodeWeavers is quite interested and hopeful for the success of
Intel x86 Atom CPUs for tablets. If Android gains traction on x86-based
tablets and other mobile devices, CodeWeavers has a lot of commercial
opportunities for pushing the running of Windows software on Android.”
Wine on Android demo
Wine for Android may take quite some
time before releasing. However, it'll definitely please Linux and Unix
users that an Android version is already in the works. A lot of users
have been waiting long for Wine's arrival on Android ARM and x86
platforms. With the success of these projects, users will be able to use
Windows software on their ARM and x86 smartphones or tablets.
Read more about the briefly shown off Wine for Android software
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