While Linux is awesome, not being able to run Windows programs can be a bit of a problem at times. Not having Microsoft Office on Linux, for example, can be a deal breaker for many people wanting to make the switch. Pipelight helped to solve this problem to some extent, letting you install Windows only browser plugins such as Silverlight on Linux. But this program is now deprecated. What Is Pipelight? Pipelight lets you use Windows plugins on Linux web browsers. It does this by running Wine behind the scenes, which recreates the Windows environment under Linux (in turn running...
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