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Re: Planetside 2 for Linux?


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In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates (or emulates) the functions of a first computer system (the guest) in a different second computer system (the host), so that the emulated behavior closely resembles the behavior of the real system. This focus on exact reproduction of behavior is in contrast to some other forms of computer simulation, in which an abstract model of a system is being simulated. For example, a computer simulation of a hurricane or a chemical reaction is not emulation.
I'm asserting that WINE is a translator, not an emulator. If you don't understand a language (i.e. German) you get a translator. This is the case with Windows v. Linux. The hardware can be exactly the same, thus not really emulating anything.

If you want to run Windows 3.11 software (Minesweeper!) on your Windows 7 system, you run in compatability mode - which translates the Windows 3.11 calls into Windows 7 calls. You're still using a graphics card that Windows nativity understands, along with Mouse, Keyboard, Disk Drive, etc.
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