[Maxima] Windows Maxima running in Linux

[Raymond Toy]

Mario Rodriguez wrote:
> I think this fact has never been commented here in the list before, so I
> write this post for the record.
>
> It is possible to run Maxima's windows executable in Linux with 'wine',
> just write:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install wine
> $ wine maxima-5.17.1.exe
>
> In Ubuntu Hardy, wgnuplot, maxima, xmaxima and wxmaxima all worked
> without problems. Probably the same can be said for other linuxes.
>
>   
Kind of cool to be able to do that.  But is there any advantage in
running maxima that way?  Why not just run the Linux version directly?

Ray