3. WINE

Before I get started here, allow me to say the following. WINE is not a cure-all for those wishing to run legacy Windows apps without Windows. It is, however, a darn good place for many legacy Windows apps to run fairly well though.

What makes this a must-have application?

One of the best examples of using WINE technology at its best has to be the ability to install and use Firefox for Windows. This is particularly true when faced with those few website-accessibility issues requiring Windows specifically, or even worse, the need for Shockwave. WINE has served me well countless times in this sense.

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