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brawnypandora0
August 31st, 2011, 06:27 AM
Whenever you download a .exe file, why do you have to first run Wine to use it? Why doesn't Ubuntu recognize .exe files automatically?
KiwiNZ
August 31st, 2011, 06:30 AM
Whenever you download a .exe file, why do you have to first run Wine to use it? Why doesn't Ubuntu recognize .exe files automatically?

Because it is not Windows.

With that thread closed = Homework question #234546