How do I install windows programs in Ubuntu 7.04?

I just installed Ubuntu on a dual boot Windows XP Pro machine. I have a lot of Windows programs I would like to install or run under Ubuntu. This is my first venture with Linux. Using Acronis Disk Director for dual boot purposes.

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Most of the time you can't install windows programs in Ubuntu since Ubuntu is Linux based and the programs you maybe wanting to run is windows based. They aren't compatible most of the time.

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I've had some limited success using the Wine package for Windows emulation. The best bet is to find Linux equivalents for your Windows software instead.
WINE is (not) an emulator that will allow to run SOME (actually quite some) windows programs under Linux. Keep in mind though that not all windows programs are supported, and that even those that are, some will not run with all features enables.

You better check their information on www.winehq.org

WINE does a pretty good job; and you can easily install it on Ubuntu using the package manager. Give it a try.

That is the easies way to do it; but there are others. There are a few "virtualization" programs that will let you run Windows as a complete operating system from within Linux. But these are more oriented to advanced users. A couple of these programs are VMware and VirtualBox.

You're better off going to Ubuntu's forum too, you'll find a lot of information there and a lot of helpful people too.
The short answer is you can't. You can achieve nearly 100% equivalent functionality and speed. What kinds of programs? games? Office? (openoffice.org) browser? (firefox)

operating systems lie between application programs (what you called programs) and the machine. Most programs are precompiled for faster execution, rather than interpreted (read line of source code, convert to machine language on the fly and then execute) - these compiles make assumptions about the operating system. violate the assumptions, and all bets are off. Often, the programs have 'equivalent' versions for execution under Windows and Linux, but not always. So, the short answer to your question is, 'it depends'.