Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly
many different versions of Wine for you to choose from. The
standard version of Wine comes in intermittent releases
(roughly twice a month), and can be downloaded over the
internet in both prepackaged binary form and ready to compile
source code form. Alternatively, you can install a development
version of Wine by using the latest available source code from
the Git repository. See the next chapter, Getting Wine, for further details.
There are a number of programs that are derived from the
standard Wine codebase in some way or another. Some of these
are commercial products from companies that actively contribute
to the Wine project.
These products try to stand out or distinguish themselves
from the standard version of Wine by offering greater
compatibility, easier configuration, and commercial support.
If you require such things, it is a good idea to consider
purchasing these products.
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