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Wine 1.0 — Uncorked After 15 Years
pshuke writes "After 15 years of development, Wine version 1.0 has been released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. While perfect windows compatibility has not yet been achieved, full support for Photoshop CS2, Excel Viewer 2003, Word Viewer 2003 and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 have been among the goals prior to the release. For further information about supported applications, head over to the appdb. Get it (source) while it's hot."
Holy shit!
Bow-ties are cool.
Some would consider not running Office 2007 to be a feature.
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
As I've learned well in the Microsoft world... always wait for the THIRD version.
I've marked my calendar for June 2038...
Karma: Excellent. 15 moderator points expire sometime.
Thousands of nobodies right now are bringing the site down.
while I wait for you bastards to stop hammering poor mozilla.com.
For every copy you downland I upload 2 thus negating your record setting pursuit.
Better luck next time hippie.
I dunno...Personally, I like my wine at room temperature.
What a surprise the WINE site is dead as is getfirefox. Victims of their own success.
I do find it a little disappointing that Wine didn't set getting Duke Nukem Forever working out of the box as a goal for 1.0!
I predict a multitude of such responses- "Wine 1.0 shouldn't have been released until it could run..."
It would be interesting to know what factors determined that it was ready for 1.0 release. Personally, I suspect it was a rounding error (perhaps they were using Excel in Wine 0.91 and it accidentally rounded up to version 1.0).
It goes great with vintage Windows apps.
Oh, and bread.
Oh, so it's about not workoing for brainless, intolerant morons?
I can handle that.
I would really like to try out Wine, but I couldn't find the WinXP version on the site, which is strange because usually open source apps get ported over really quickly. I tried installing the source tarball in CYGWIN, but no avail. Anybody know where I can get the Win32 binaries?
weirdest thing I ever saw: scientology advertising on slashdot.
Sure, you can sue anything with nipples
Hmm, their webserver appears to be having trouble keeping up with the traffic.
I wonder if they were running IIS through wine to serve the page?
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Wine doesn't have a logo? I'd send you a link, but the website is down. Oh wait! All I had to do was scroll up to see it ON SLASHDOT!
I'm a brainless, intolerant moron you insensitive clod!
I've got nipples, Greg. Can you sue me?
I've already written Fuck. If one of you guys could implement Dine..
Recognition is the first step.
The next step is to eat some pudding, it will make you feel better.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
And there is a fatal flaw in your pointing out that he has a fatal flaw in his last argument, namely - Wine is not an emulator
I cant open PDFs can you send to me as a DOC
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I never use anything 1.0.. Will wait for 2.0 before I upgrade!!!!
MISSING - Sig file. 2 years old black and white and very funny. If found please email me.
The great thing about America is you can use anything. I sued my next door neighbor's dog for keeping me awake for two nights. I won all his kibble and there is a restraining order on him.
Sure i can try, but you have to put these clamps on first....
Where I work (public high school district), completely computer illiterate people (teachers) are required to Telnet into a VAX to input attendance and grades.
Telnet. Into a VAX.
They are shown how to do this on their first day. Their coworkers can show them how if they forget. The IT guy will come hold their hands ONE MORE TIME if they still can't handle it. And if all that fails, guess what? Find another job.
If your workplace says "save it as a PDF," your workers will learn to put it in a fucking PDF, even if they whine for the first week. The slowest and stupidest of them will eventually have the steps "save as... PDF!" on a sticky on their monitor and it will get done. It only takes one boss to get 'er done.
For your stupidest customers, guess what you can do? EMBED THE FUCKIN PDF IN A DOC, LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I recently received a contract from a residential contractor in this exact manner.
Repetition does not transform a lie into the truth. - FDR
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
The fanboy response:
But, but, but, choice is good! And, the more choices the better! It can't possibly hurt the community to have to choose from 15 different possibilities! That's just crazy talk!
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Dear God, that's the last thing we need!
Wine is best when aged. serve chilled with a side app of Cheese(tm)
As a desktop admin, there is nothing harder than... Even worse is...
You really should take the time to think before you write. Or even after you've written, but before you've previewed!
Look out!