Googling Wine
The Microsoft Windows versions of Photoshop CS and CS2 are now able to run better on Linux thanks to Google’s sponsorship of some Open Source development.
Google Open Source Blog: Google Sponsors Wine Improvements via kwout
Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API that uses 100% non-Microsoft code. Google contracted with Codeweavers, who provide professional Wine services, to develop over 200 patches that increase the stability of Photoshop when running in the environment. In addition, Google interns have contributed over a thousand patches.
Long committed to Open Source use and development, Google’s support of Wine is a natural part of its Picassa for Linux project, coincidently making it makes it easier for Windows users to move to a Linux platform.
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