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Debian vs Wine: What are the differences?
What is Debian? The Universal Operating System. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.
What is Wine? A compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems. It is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems. Wine also provides a software library, known as Winelib, against which developers can compile Windows applications to help port them to Unix-like systems.
Debian and Wine can be primarily classified as "Operating Systems" tools.
Wine is an open source tool with 953 GitHub stars and 526 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Wine's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Debian
- Massively supported54
- Stable50
- Reliable21
- Aptitude9
- Customizable8
- It is free8
- Turnkey linux use it8
- Works on all architectures6
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Cons of Debian
- Old versions of software10
- Can be difficult to set up on vanilla Debian2
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