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Wine 1.4

83 points by Mitt 15y ago

ergo14 15y ago
There is one problem that worries me, 1.4 came out with a known (for few RC's and 2-3 releases before) regression that makes Photoshop CS5 unusable - not sure about older ones too but it might also be the case :(
- asb 15y ago
  Care to link to the bug report?
  - ergo14 15y ago
    http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20158 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&#38... latest test entry is mentioning that - i also encountered it - before i used last stable from fedora - that worked well. I would have to dig buzilla for reports, but i wouldnt be surprised if there are no reports for it.
    - asb 15y ago
      Yeah, the chances of a regression being fixed increase massively if you do a regression test to bisect the offending commit and file a bug on Bugzilla.
      - ergo14 15y ago
        Dude, you don't have to tell me that. I've done it multiple times in past.
ra 15y ago
It seems like only yesterday Wine 1.0 was released! Well, it was 1360 yesterdays: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220164 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220164
greatquux 15y ago
I tried using CrossOver to run Office 2007 a year ago, and while it basically worked I found it was just as good if not better to run Windows in VirtualBox (and I don't even have VM instructions on my processor).
- tux1968 15y ago
  But that's not an option unless you own a Windows license, and one that allows virtualization at that. Right?
  - mziulu 15y ago
    Some Windows licenses don't allow you to virtualize?
    - jsight 15y ago
      OEM versions of Vista and 7 have license terms that forbid them being run under virtualization.
      - mziulu 15y ago
        Interesting, didn't know that.
      - SkyMarshal 15y ago
        True, though you can still use VMWare Converter [1] image your OEM install and then run it in a vm. You just get the constant reminders that Windows is not authentic and you should activate it. 1. http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
      - nobleach 15y ago
        Oh wow, I had no idea.... I'm using the license that came with my HP laptop to run Windows 7 Home Premium in a VM on my Ubuntu install. They never said a word when I called to activate it.
- 15y ago
udp 15y ago
Official announcement: http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.4 http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.4
Roboprog 15y ago
Cool, Joystick support. I wonder if it will run FMS? (R/C model simulator, http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html) Once it runs that, and maybe Netflix, I have no reason to ever boot back to Windows.
cheatercheater 15y ago
The DIB engine is something I've been anxiously looking forward to for a long time now. It makes productivity suites.. work. For me the biggest thing was not being able to run Sonar and many VST plugins under Wine. Now I'm waiting for them to figure out Jack audio output again, and then we get a new version of KX Studio ( http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net ) with realtime patches. Other than the GUI problems which are probably fixed by Wine 1.4, this setup gives stellar performance compared to anything you can get on Windows or OSX.

83 points by Mitt 15y ago

There is one problem that worries me, 1.4 came out with a known (for few RC's and 2-3 releases before) regression that makes Photoshop CS5 unusable - not sure about older ones too but it might also be the case :(

asb 15y ago
Care to link to the bug report?
- ergo14 15y ago
  http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20158 http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&#38... latest test entry is mentioning that - i also encountered it - before i used last stable from fedora - that worked well. I would have to dig buzilla for reports, but i wouldnt be surprised if there are no reports for it.
  - asb 15y ago
    Yeah, the chances of a regression being fixed increase massively if you do a regression test to bisect the offending commit and file a bug on Bugzilla.
    - ergo14 15y ago
      Dude, you don't have to tell me that. I've done it multiple times in past.

ra 15y ago

It seems like only yesterday Wine 1.0 was released! Well, it was 1360 yesterdays: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220164 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=220164

greatquux 15y ago

I tried using CrossOver to run Office 2007 a year ago, and while it basically worked I found it was just as good if not better to run Windows in VirtualBox (and I don't even have VM instructions on my processor).

tux1968 15y ago
But that's not an option unless you own a Windows license, and one that allows virtualization at that. Right?
- mziulu 15y ago
  Some Windows licenses don't allow you to virtualize?
  - jsight 15y ago
    OEM versions of Vista and 7 have license terms that forbid them being run under virtualization.
    - mziulu 15y ago
      Interesting, didn't know that.
    - SkyMarshal 15y ago
      True, though you can still use VMWare Converter [1] image your OEM install and then run it in a vm. You just get the constant reminders that Windows is not authentic and you should activate it. 1. http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
    - nobleach 15y ago
      Oh wow, I had no idea.... I'm using the license that came with my HP laptop to run Windows 7 Home Premium in a VM on my Ubuntu install. They never said a word when I called to activate it.
15y ago

udp 15y ago

Official announcement: http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.4 http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.4

Roboprog 15y ago

Cool, Joystick support. I wonder if it will run FMS? (R/C model simulator, http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html http://n.ethz.ch/~mmoeller/fms/index_e.html) Once it runs that, and maybe Netflix, I have no reason to ever boot back to Windows.

cheatercheater 15y ago

The DIB engine is something I've been anxiously looking forward to for a long time now. It makes productivity suites.. work. For me the biggest thing was not being able to run Sonar and many VST plugins under Wine. Now I'm waiting for them to figure out Jack audio output again, and then we get a new version of KX Studio ( http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net ) with realtime patches. Other than the GUI problems which are probably fixed by Wine 1.4, this setup gives stellar performance compared to anything you can get on Windows or OSX.