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I have lots of softwares for windows (.exe files). Can I use them on Linux?

April 26, 2017files linux lots softwares Windows

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I have lots of softwares for windows (.exe files). Can I use them on Linux?

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Properly speaking Linux does not support .exe files. It has its own package management tools. You can have .deb or .rpm file for installing. Still you can make .exe file run on Linux by an emulator called WINE which is a recursive acronym for WINE is not emulator (nice mockery!). All softwares are not supported by WINE. You can try out Codeweavers’s Crossover. WINE is recommended as Crossover is not free. It’s proprietary software. Still you can find Linux versions of many types of software. Don’t get dishearted! There’s a solution to everything.