We might not be big fans of proprietary software here at LXF Towers, but we’re also pragmatic, and know that there are times there’s no escaping them. However, while there’s no dearth of popular proprietary software that have native Linux versions, there’s an equally sizable number of programs that are only available as Windows executables.
You can either fire up a virtual machine (VM) to run them, or let Wine take them on via user-friendly interfaces such as PlayOnLinux.