Did it have more or less compatibility than it does now? Was it difficult to use? I started using Linux around 2016 and switched to it fully in 2020. In all my time I have only used WINE for gaming as most Windows desktop applications I have tried don’t really work, not that I’d want to use many anyway. Sorry if this is a dumb question, I’m just curious to hear peoples experiences.
I think I first used it around 2004ish. It was barely useful with basic applications without doing work, you could use it to have fairly decent support once you figured out the process. I think I was able to get an SNES emulator and a barely stable N64 emulator to run.
It was basically a best last option if you needed to run a windows program and couldn’t/wouldn’t do a dual boot.
So yeah, they definitely improved things.