Playing Nice: Reviews of CrossOver Office, WineX 4

JimLynch writes "One of the more common questions experienced Linux users get asked by those considering migrating from Windows to Linux is, "Will my Windows applications run under Linux?" Thanks to the folks at CodeWeavers, the answer to that is yes--for some applications, anyway." And Dan Dole writes "Linuxlookup.com staff member Rich reviews Cedega (WineX 4.0), give it a 20/20 score & Editors Choice Award. "The release of Transgaming's newest version of WineX, renamed Cedega, was met with considerable enthusiasm and interest in the Linux community last week. So much so that their server was inaccessible the day of release. Cedega is claimed to be much improved, offering the ability to play recent games released for Windows "seamlessly and transparently" under Linux. They provided me with a copy, and I was curious to see if it lived up to the hype.""

Comments

"The answer to that is yes"

[stratjakt]

This isn't true, it's never been true, and it likely will never be true.

The truthful answer to the question "Will $WINDOWS_APP work under linux?" is "Maybe, ummmm.. sort of.. depends.. uhh... i dont really know"

It's not even a troll or flame, though it will be modded as such, no doubt. Everyone on slashdot knows it's true.

Re:"The answer to that is yes"

[Phragmen-Lindelof]

Yeah, it is terrible to try to play games under linux. Never Winter Nights and Quake3 will never play on linux ... oh, wait.

Cheese with my Wine

[SolidiusRock]

I'm not going to beat around the bush on this one, I'm not a fan of Linux. That aside, however, I don't see things like Wine gaining so much ground that it becomes the next Windows alternative that can run all your windows apps.

I will say that technologies like this do give light that Linux definitely needs to improve its "out of the box" usability. It's all about support, and IMHO, I feel that this is more of a "Look Ma! I can run some WinApps.."

I hope it runs Internet Explorer

[GillBates0]

the internet doesn't work on my linix computer. I hope they fix this problem, so i can run the internet on my ub3r g33k linix machine.

till then I will have to browse all my l33t lunix websites from my windoze box.

ttyl, bbl

Re:MOD PARENT DOWN!!!

[stratjakt]

Even "for some applications" the answer is not "yes", but "maybe", "mostly", "sortof".

Have codeweavers or transgaming guarantee me, in writing, that applications X, Y, and Z will work 100% - including any future patches or upgrades I may have to apply to them.

The answer is, and always has been, "maybe". Whether you're talking about a particular version of a particular app, or Win32 as a whole.

Re:Probably not going to happen

[DaHat]

See a near by post which addresses what you've said.

Re:Prevent it?

[DaHat]

Have you ever ported an application from one platform to another?

I'm currently doing so, working with an app that was designed for easy porting from the ground up by using wxWidgets. The theory is that you simply write your app to use wxWidgets and no platform/compiler dependant calls... and you're all set, as simple as a recompile else where.

Problem is that I am running into numerous bugs both in the IDE I'm using, the compiler as well as even wxWidgets, KDE and GTK. Some are documented, others are not.

And this is me trying to port an app designed for such a transition. See my blog (in sig) for a couple of rants related to the impossible time I am having with what should be a straightforward and easy process.

Besides, even if porting was always relatively simple, the benefits of doing so may not be worth the effort. Just because there are potential customers does not mean that they will become actual customers.