Wine 1.0 RC1  beta

Publisher's Description:

Wine is a project to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to run x86 programs for Microsoft Windows. Alternately, those wishing to port a Windows application to a Unix-like system can compile it against the Wine libraries.

Latest Changes:

• Bug fixes only

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	God Dammit	May 10, 2008
Version:	1.0 RC1
I am using Ubuntu Linux 8.04. I installed Wine 1.0 RC1 using the precompiled DEB package. This is a major improvement over the previous alpha and so-called beta releases. There's still no support for Microsoft Installer (MSI) files. Attempting to installing the Windows Installer 3.1 and Internet Explorer 7 packages from Microsoft's website produces an error message stating that no volume was found for extraction. Some older games such as Bejeweled 2 and Jewel Quest won't install. In the case of Jewel Quest, the autoplay window (which apparently uses Macromedia Flash in some form) crashes hard when the Install button is clicked. It appears that there is no way to generate a debug output in this version of Wine to help troubleshoot the previously mentioned problems. Thankfully I can install Transgaming's Cedega Wine software side by side with Wine 1.0 RC1.
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Reviewer:	the artist	May 9, 2008
Version:	1.0 RC1
STRONGLY against the "anniversary/version advance" releases. What happens in the end?? Stuff like KDE 4, buggy Hardy Heron, and whatever software that tried to impose a dev cycle milestone to a birthday. No no.
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Reviewer:	zridling	May 9, 2008
Version:	1.0 RC1
bousozoku, sounds like you either don't have it setup right or don't have all the parts installed. I've weaned myself away from software — usually Windows — that requires Wine to run on Linux. At this point, I'd rather use something built for the platform.
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Reviewer:	bousozoku	Apr 21, 2008
Version:	0.9.60
The software probably rates a 5, but I've yet to get anything to work and the documentation on getting an existing application to work on their web site is negligible. The Crossover product is probably worth the money, if you happen to want to run one of the games they suggest. I guess I'll be tied to WinXP for many things until it's dead.
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Reviewer:	sjc001	Apr 21, 2008
Version:	0.9.60
A great addition to any version of Linux.
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