First Release Candidate of Wine 1.0 Released

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First Release Candidate of Wine 1.0 Released 284

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:31AM 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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but... (Score:5, Funny)

by squidinkcalligraphy ( 558677 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:32AM (#23359056)

does it run linux?

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Obligatory... (Score:4, Funny)

by Raineer ( 1002750 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:33AM (#23359058)

I'll drink to that!!!

(seriously though...hooray WINE!)

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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Kjella ( 173770 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:38AM (#23359082) Homepage

does it run linux?
No only windows executables, but you can run cygwin to get a linux-like environment ;)

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Re:but... (Score:3, Funny)

by kaos07 ( 1113443 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:38AM (#23359086)

I guess it could emulate Wubi?

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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by dvice_null ( 981029 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @03:48AM (#23359122)

Wine is not an emulator.

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Do we still need to wait for SP1 ... (Score:5, Funny)

by Marbleless ( 640965 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:00AM (#23359160)

.. before it is usable? :)

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Candidate version number (Score:5, Funny)

by Cothol ( 460219 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:07AM (#23359204)

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

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Re:Infinite Loop (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:21AM (#23359268)

On a pc or mac?

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Re:but... (Score:3, Funny)

by croddy ( 659025 ) * writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:29AM (#23359306)

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

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Re:Wait, What?! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @04:33AM (#23359324)

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.

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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @05:59AM (#23359626)

Wine is not an emulator.
I thought you drink it!?

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what? (Score:4, Funny)

by sproketboy ( 608031 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @06:36AM (#23359742)

Before Duke Nukem?

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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by mo^ ( 150717 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @08:03AM (#23360020)

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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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @08:33AM (#23360148)

Whoooosh...

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Re:2004 (Score:3, Funny)

by Just Some Guy ( 3352 ) writes: <kirk+slashdot@strauser.com> on Saturday May 10, 2008 @08:48AM (#23360224) Homepage Journal

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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Re:Wait, What?! (Score:3, Funny)

by Ant P. ( 974313 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @08:52AM (#23360242)

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

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Damn (Score:2, Funny)

by danilo.moret ( 997554 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @09:34AM (#23360446)

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

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Re:but... (Score:5, Funny)

by AndGodSed ( 968378 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @10:43AM (#23360816) Homepage Journal

Push it push it PUSH IT!!!

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Re:but... (Score:3, Funny)

by TeknoHog ( 164938 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @11:33AM (#23361214) Homepage Journal

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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Re:Can you help us? [t-shirt opportunity within] (Score:2, Funny)

by gwbennett ( 988163 ) writes: on Saturday May 10, 2008 @02:10PM (#23362358) Homepage

Hurd??

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Re:but... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday May 11, 2008 @12:30AM (#23366670)

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

Says 'poopdeville'

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Do we still need to wait for SP1 ... (Score:5, Funny)

Candidate version number (Score:5, Funny)

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