Wine 1.2 Released

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Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 16, 2010 @09:36AM from the pop-the-cork dept.

David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."

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Hmmmm. by click2005 · 2010-07-16 09:37 · Score: 5, Funny

DirectX 10 is getting better.
I wish someone would port Wine to WindowsXP.

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1. Re:Hmmmm. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-16 09:43 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Since this is /., i wish you would pirate a newer version of windows instead of whining about one that's ancient.
2. Re:Hmmmm. by suso · 2010-07-16 13:54 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  7 isn't bad if you turn Aero off. I'm posting this from a Windows 7 netbook, "Windows Classic" theme.
  HAHA! This sounds exactly like a Linux apologist from 5 to 10 years ago.
  "Linux isn't bad as long as you don't try to play anything proprietary like a flash video or avi. And as long as you buy the right sound card and video card, you'll be fine."
3. Re:Hmmmm. by TheRaven64 · 2010-07-16 20:45 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Probably because he never used Windows 2K.
  
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Re:Wine wine wine. by selven · 2010-07-16 09:43 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh quit w(h)ining already.
Re:Every windows application by Kell+Bengal · 2010-07-16 09:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah! Something with a GUI front end, and separate windows for each program... and a start menu. Oh, wait.

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Re:Every windows application by gad_zuki! · 2010-07-16 09:58 · Score: 2, Funny

Right, along with a native windows manager. Perhaps some kind of "task-bar" where we can see those windows and what they are doing. Of course we'll need a "task-manager" to control them. We'll also need some way to explore all those files, perhaps a "explorer." I'd also like a built in browser, or some way to "explore" the "internet." When we're done we should change the name of the project to reflect its new capabilities. How about a new acronym:
W ine
I is
N not a
D dumb
O open-source
W windows
S simulator
Yes! That's the ticket! Now lets charge $199 a copy and get rich!
Re:Are IE 7 or 8 useable? by MrEricSir · 2010-07-16 09:59 · Score: 4, Funny

IE 7 and 8 are not usable, but that has nothing to do with Wine.

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Re:Games? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-16 10:19 · Score: 1, Funny

You're still on dial-up?
Re:Are IE 7 or 8 useable? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-16 10:23 · Score: 1, Funny

Are IE 7 or 8 useable?
No.
Oh, you meant when running under wine. Sorry, my mistake.
Re:Quickbooks? Quicken? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-16 10:50 · Score: 1, Funny

Maybe if their software wasn't complete shit it wouldn't be a problem.
You have a better chance of running Norton under WINE than Quicken.
Re:Every windows application by DickeyP · 2010-07-16 11:01 · Score: 2, Funny

....with a GUI front end....
Built with Visual Basic I hope!!
Re:Every windows application by hduff · 2010-07-16 15:39 · Score: 2, Funny

http://www.wine-doors.org/ (i've never used it.)
Site returns:
"Very very broken and I don't have time to fix it."
Which pretty much says it all.

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Re:Never Works Properly by ProzacPatient · 2010-07-16 18:59 · Score: 4, Funny

I'd prefer to bash Wine because you get a better idea of whats going on when you run it from the terminal.

*ducks*