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Wine On Android Starts Allowing Windows Binaries On Android/ARM

Posted by timothy on from the it-should-be-called-bender dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Wine on Android is happening slowly but surely ... Wine is now in a state to be able to run your favorite Windows (x86) game on your Android-powered ARM device, assuming the game is Windows Solitaire. Wine has been making progress on Android to allow simple applications to run on Wine, but they have run into some challenges, as noted in the annual talk at FOSDEM."

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  1. Re: Capt Keen by kav2k · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seems like it's not the case, and USB floppy drives work out of the box (though you need a powered hub): https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  2. Video of talk is available: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://video.fosdem.org/2014/AW1120/Sunday/Wine_on_Android.webm