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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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Last year we had looked at The Greatest Linux Innovations Of 2007, and as this year ends, we have compiled a similar list of what we believe were some of the greatest Linux innovations or achievements of 2008. Among the innovations named this year were KDE 4, NetworkManager 0.7, new hardware companies standing behind open-source support, and the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix.

Below is our 2008 list with the highlights being listed in no particular order...

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