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On 07/16/2015 09:59 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
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>
> How is progress on this ? Handbook still says linux 64-bit binaries 
> not supported, hopefully out of date :-) ....
>
>
Hi Bill,
if this turns out to be anything like Wine,
(not meaning to diss wine - but it does have severe limitations),
then it might not be so worth the effort.

Since we are on the subject of emulation, why not just use Virtual Box
in which to run Linux 64 bit?