<s>
PlayOnLinux	B-Language
is	O
a	O
graphical	B-Architecture
frontend	I-Architecture
for	O
the	O
Wine	B-Application
software	I-Application
compatibility	B-General_Concept
layer	I-General_Concept
which	O
allows	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
to	O
install	O
Windows-based	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
to	O
2010	O
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
many	O
other	O
applications	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
iTunes	I-Operating_System
and	O
Safari	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
initially	O
developed	O
for	O
Linux-based	O
systems	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
under	O
the	O
names	O
PlayOnMac	B-Language
and	O
PlayOnBSD	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
supported	O
by	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayOnLinux	B-Language
is	O
developed	O
using	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
,	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
wxPython	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
provides	O
wrapper	O
shell	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
that	O
specify	O
the	O
configuration	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
needed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
install	O
and	O
run	O
a	O
particular	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
an	O
online	O
database	O
of	O
scripts	O
to	O
apply	O
to	O
different	O
applications	B-Application
that	O
need	O
special	O
configuration	O
;	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
,	O
a	O
manual	O
installation	O
can	O
be	O
performed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
and	O
each	O
one	O
is	O
put	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
container	O
(	O
WINEPREFIX	O
)	O
to	O
prevent	O
interference	O
of	O
one	O
with	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provides	O
isolation	O
in	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
CrossOver	B-Operating_System
's	O
bottles	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
applications	B-Application
may	O
use	O
different	O
versions	O
and	O
configurations	O
of	O
Wine	B-Application
as	O
appropriate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
installation	O
of	O
these	O
is	O
managed	O
by	O
the	O
PlayOnLinux	B-Language
software	O
itself	O
without	O
the	O
requirement	O
to	O
install	O
Wine	B-Application
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
also	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
create	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
partitions	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
specific	O
programs	B-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
with	O
different	O
Wine	B-Application
versions	O
and	O
programs	B-Application
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
multi-boot	B-Operating_System
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PlayOnLinux	B-Language
includes	O
advanced	O
functions	O
in	O
Bash	B-Operating_System
allowing	O
the	O
community	O
to	O
make	O
scripts	O
easily	O
by	O
controlling	O
the	O
installation	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
