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First Release Candidate of Wine 1.0 Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the come-a-long-ways dept.

moronikos writes to mention that the first release candidate of Wine 1.0 was announced and released into the wild today. This new version includes only bug fixes as the team is in a code freeze while pushing for the full 1.0 release.

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  1. but... by squidinkcalligraphy · · Score: 5, Funny

    does it run linux?

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    1. Re:but... by Kjella · · Score: 5, Funny

      does it run linux? No only windows executables, but you can run cygwin to get a linux-like environment ;)
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    2. Re:but... by kaos07 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I guess it could emulate Wubi?

    3. Re:but... by dvice_null · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wine is not an emulator.

    4. Re:but... by croddy · · Score: 2, Funny

      True, for certain extremely narrow values of "emulate".

    5. Re:but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Wine is not an emulator. I thought you drink it!?
    6. Re:but... by mo^ · · Score: 5, Funny

      And then, instead of emulating wit, charm, charisma and irresistible sexual magnetism, it just makes you believe that's what it's doing.

      It's really just placing a layer between reality and perception.

      So definitely not an emulator.

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    7. Re:but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Whoooosh...

    8. Re:but... by AndGodSed · · Score: 5, Funny

      Push it push it PUSH IT!!!

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    9. Re:but... by TeknoHog · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've also got the impression that WINE is a LAME joke. Unfortunately, are people who insist on the literal meaning, which is why I like to keep up the discussion.

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    10. Re:but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Anybody with a strong opinion on the matter is full of shit.


      Says 'poopdeville'
  2. Obligatory... by Raineer · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'll drink to that!!!

    (seriously though...hooray WINE!)

  3. Do we still need to wait for SP1 ... by Marbleless · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. before it is usable? :)

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  4. Candidate version number by Cothol · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, this would be Release Candidate version 0.01 right? ;-)

  5. Re:Infinite Loop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    On a pc or mac?

  6. Re:Wait, What?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is however better then Windows 1.0 and by the time it gets past the release candidate stage it will no doubt be ready for monthly bug fixes and occaisonal service packs. I seem to recall that a while back someone even managed to get some virus and malware running on it. Am sure that there has even been some headway made on DRM functioning in WINE as well though maybe in the same fashion as many get their Windows convinced the game dvd/cd is in the dvd/cdrom and other requests normally sent to Microsoft or some other corporation probably get routed to 127.0.0.1 though that is purely humorous supposition on my part. Windows XP computers rebooting instead of displaying BSOD eliminated the need to properly display BSOD on failure.

    We could probably go on about this more but honestly, how caught up do you want it to be? With most it is just enough to adequately run that Windows only piece of software they still want or need and yeah, there is work to do. But, no doubt, Service Packs will be on the way eventually. :P

    Personally, I would prefer just to see more true Linux versions of software, particularly among the popular games.

  7. what? by sproketboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Before Duke Nukem?

  8. Re:2004 by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I remember using it some time in 2004. It's been in development for quite a while...

    I used it to play games in 1998. 2004? Big deal. I've got cheese older than that.

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  9. Re:Wait, What?! by Ant+P. · · Score: 3, Funny

    If Wine - after fifteen years of being in beta - has an unstable 1.0 release, I'll go out and buy Vista. Seriously.

  10. Damn by danilo.moret · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I'll have to find something else in pre 1.0 to use and childly complain about...

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  11. Re:Can you help us? [t-shirt opportunity within] by gwbennett · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hurd??

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