Installation of big softwares using wine

[princeofindia]

can we install big softwares such as visual studio or britannica in ubuntu using wine?if it's true then how?:confused:

[The Thunder Chimp]

Installs of big programs (just as small programs) work sometimes. Tests about nearly all Windows programs have been made, the results being shown on WineHQ.org.

For example, WineHQ's report on Visual Studio would be:

Version 6.0 from 1998 works best, although Version 8.0 from 2005 also works.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=4647

Encyclopedia Britannica would be:

2009 edition has been reported to work on level "Silver", which is decently good.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18052


To search for a program's compatibility on Wine, simply make a Google Search under this format:

[Program Name] site:WineHQ.org


That's all there is to it.