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Wine 1.2 Released

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Hmmmm. by click2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    DirectX 10 is getting better.

    I wish someone would port Wine to WindowsXP.

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    1. Re:Hmmmm. by suso · · 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."

    2. Re:Hmmmm. by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Probably because he never used Windows 2K.

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  2. Re:Every windows application by Kell+Bengal · · 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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  3. Re:Every windows application by gad_zuki! · · 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!

  4. Re:Are IE 7 or 8 useable? by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  5. Re:Every windows application by DickeyP · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....with a GUI front end....

    Built with Visual Basic I hope!!

  6. Re:Every windows application by hduff · · 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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  7. Re:Never Works Properly by ProzacPatient · · 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*