Wine 10.6 Released (phoronix.com) 16
Wine 10.6 has been released, featuring a new lexer within its Command Processor (CMD), support for the PBKDF2 algorithm to its Bcrypt implementation, and improved metadata handling in WindowsCodecs. According to Phoronix, the update also includes 27 known bug fixes that address issues with Unity games, Alan Wake, GDI+, and various other games and applications.
You can see all the changes and download the relesae via WineHQ.org GitLab.
You can see all the changes and download the relesae via WineHQ.org GitLab.
Re: still useless (Score:3)
My use case doesn't involve an OS as shitty as Windows.
Re: still useless (Score:2)
"Then your use case should not involve Windows software either."
Welcome to the real world, noob.
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There are so many reasons for not installing Windows. Can't you think of even one?
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Proton and Wine are my daily driver.
Feel free to use your own computer in the way you find best, and I'll use mine the way I find best.
What Windows programs don't run under Wine? (Score:2)
What substitutes are there for Windows programs that don't run under Wine?
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What Windows programs don't run under Wine?
Lots. https://appdb.winehq.org/ [winehq.org] can show you the status of most programs, if you want to see for yourself.
What substitutes are there for Windows programs that don't run under Wine?
Virtualization (ie. running Windows inside another OS, like Linux) ... and that's pretty much it. WINE is the only serious game in town.
There is this thing called Proton that Steam created, which helps the Steam Deck run a lot of games (that previously weren't supported under WINE). However, Proton isn't really a separate tool, it's just a set of libraries that enhance WINE.
What version of Linux would be best? (Score:2)
Because of all the problems with Windows 10 and Windows 11, some people are refusing to upgrade to those versions.
Re: What version of Linux would be best? (Score:2)
It doesn't really matter much, except that the answer depends on your virtualization software.
If you are using anything but VMware then the answer is something modern, with a modern kernel. You will get the best performance and the most features.
If you choose to use a VMware product, the only good reason for which is that they have the best graphics drivers for Windows guests, you will need an older kernel for compatibility with their kernel modules, so you should probably run Ubuntu LTS as it's well-suppor
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Most testing and support appears to be under Ubuntu.
I use Fedora, and when (rarely) using Wine if I encounter problems with DLLs I have to figure it out myself. Which for me is fine, I get it fixed quick.
Since you're even asking this question, the answer is always going to be using Ubuntu.
That's also true any other time you ask, "Which Linux should I use for ____." There are lots of great distros, but Ubuntu has vastly more support questions already answered on the internet for all the combinations of diffe
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I tried to run some niche Windows only tools such as firmware upgraders and whatnot. I had to run several special wine commands to get .NET and other Microsoft libraries installed, and after that the programs launched then crashed when trying to use it. I wasted a couple of hours trying to get these things to work.
I then installed Windows 11 for ARM (free ISO download from Microsoft) under VMWare Fusion (free with an account) and it just worked. Setting up Windows 11 without 'network' took a little search b
Re: What Windows programs don't run under Wine? (Score:2)
If your software depends on Windows drivers of some sort then you will need to run actual Windows. Your example of firmware updaters is an excellent one. Lots of them require specific windows-only drivers.
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Re: Whisky Timing? (Score:2)
His software was a launcher, not a wine fork.
Windows10 - 100% compatibility target for Wine (Score:1)