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One I can think of right off the bat is gaming, especially old games that might never be ported to Linux (or, for that matter, remain compatible with newer vers

One I can think of right off the bat is gaming, especially old games that might never be ported to Linux (or, for that matter, remain compatible with newer versions of Windows). Also, for a while (before they DRM'd it) I ran the Reason DAW on a linux box. They didn't have windows 7 drivers for my MIDI keyboard at the time, but they did have Linux drivers somehow.

jedimastert 10y ago
Ableton runs pretty well from wine too. Almost no messing around
- bigbugbag 10y ago
  bitwig has a native linux version.
  - broodbucket 10y ago
    I'd imagine the main issue is VSTs.
    - squarefoot 10y ago
      Some VSTs work flawlessly, others can be problematic and others do not work at all. You need to check them one by one, but surely a lot of them work. (edit): VSTs incompatibility doesn't just affect WINE but Windows itself from version to version. If you take a look at Reaper (reaper.fm), it has some options to run VSTs in various compatibility modes. This paired with WINE's ability to fake a different Windows version "emulation" should help with more problematic VSTs.
    - hrnnnnnn 10y ago
      There are some VST bridge programs that use WINE underneath. I haven't actually used any yet so I can't attest to their usefulness. https://github.com/abique/vst-bridge https://github.com/abique/vst-bridge https://github.com/phantom-code/airwave https://github.com/phantom-code/airwave
    - jedimastert 10y ago
      I don't actually use too many VSTs. I can generally make everything I need to make with the built in plug ins
  - jedimastert 10y ago
    I really want to start using bitwig (it seems like Ableton, but better), but I can't afford it. In all honesty, I'm using a cracked version of Ableton that I found man years ago, but I can't really find (or securely test) bitwig cracks.
themodelplumber 10y ago
I am on Mac OS and the Mac OS version of Minetest seems to have some view movement issues--maybe it's a touchpad issue with that version, I dunno. So I tried running the Windows version in Wine and it's completely solved the problem, the game seems to run great.

jedimastert 10y ago

Ableton runs pretty well from wine too. Almost no messing around

bigbugbag 10y ago
bitwig has a native linux version.
- broodbucket 10y ago
  I'd imagine the main issue is VSTs.
  - squarefoot 10y ago
    Some VSTs work flawlessly, others can be problematic and others do not work at all. You need to check them one by one, but surely a lot of them work. (edit): VSTs incompatibility doesn't just affect WINE but Windows itself from version to version. If you take a look at Reaper (reaper.fm), it has some options to run VSTs in various compatibility modes. This paired with WINE's ability to fake a different Windows version "emulation" should help with more problematic VSTs.
  - hrnnnnnn 10y ago
    There are some VST bridge programs that use WINE underneath. I haven't actually used any yet so I can't attest to their usefulness. https://github.com/abique/vst-bridge https://github.com/abique/vst-bridge https://github.com/phantom-code/airwave https://github.com/phantom-code/airwave
  - jedimastert 10y ago
    I don't actually use too many VSTs. I can generally make everything I need to make with the built in plug ins
- jedimastert 10y ago
  I really want to start using bitwig (it seems like Ableton, but better), but I can't afford it. In all honesty, I'm using a cracked version of Ableton that I found man years ago, but I can't really find (or securely test) bitwig cracks.

themodelplumber 10y ago

I am on Mac OS and the Mac OS version of Minetest seems to have some view movement issues--maybe it's a touchpad issue with that version, I dunno. So I tried running the Windows version in Wine and it's completely solved the problem, the game seems to run great.