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Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by cschmittiey »

ronjouch wrote: post #29
bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

Tag&Rename [1], a still maintained Windows-only shareware excellent at tagging music. Occasional use, Linux equivalents suck in various ways, it's perfectly configured to my needs, and works perfectly in Wine so why change it :) [1] http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm EDIT: thanks for the Linux alternative suggestions everyone! I have (had) mostly the same complaints about ExFalso / Puddletag / EasyTAG as the ones I po…

Have you tried puddletag[0]?

[0]: http://docs.puddletag.net

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by amlib »

artursapek wrote: post #38
viraptor wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on the game. Some run better on Windows, some on Wine. You need to check for specific titles with this kind of question. I've seen multiple sources claiming that CoD2 and WoW run with better FPS on Wine for example.

Wow, I never would have thought they could run better. I'm thinking of old titles, AoE II, Starcraft, etc. They have good ratings but I'm just wondering if it would be anywhere near as bad as when I used to run VMWare on my old Mac.

Both AoE II and Starcraft play totally fine now. But they used to run poorly on old wine releases from 6 years ago.

Any software that is around 15 years or older has a really good chance of running, I would say even more than Windows 10.

Newer DirectX 9 games, specially with the wine-staging patches, have a good chance of running, but nowhere near what current Windows can attain.

Anything newer with DirectX 10, 11 or 12 is pretty much a train-wreck. Unless the game runs OpenGL or Vulkan, like DOOM 2016, which after removing the DRM and some patching from devs runs like a dream.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by rrdharan »

bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

I use it to run the 1Password app on Ubuntu.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by rodelrod »

bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

Evernote, sqlyog, MS Office (for compatibility or the more sophisticated functionality of Excel). Adobe stuff I run on virtualbox. I have to use Playonlinux and certain versions of the products to make everything work right.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by hkjgkjy »

pera wrote: post #40
bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

Old games for instance :) I love this game from the late 90s called Thief: the dark project from Looking Glass Studios. I don't think there is any way to run it properly on a modern computer without wine or virtualization (which would require a copy of Windows 98).

Just want to add that yeah, Thief is such a good game. If by chance the developers are reading this message board, thanks!

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by jhbadger »

pera wrote: post #40
bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

Old games for instance :) I love this game from the late 90s called Thief: the dark project from Looking Glass Studios. I don't think there is any way to run it properly on a modern computer without wine or virtualization (which would require a copy of Windows 98).

And even games not all that old. I'm currently replaying Fallout 3 (from 2008) just fine under Wine. It really is amazingly smooth -- almost as if it were a native game.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by LordKano »

excalibur wrote: post #56
digler999 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

you're falling for MS's marketing gimmick: "let's put the year in the product name so it will slowly shame and pressure people to give us more money for next years version (whose killer feature is a new splash screen with a year that is closer to now).

Amen to this. If Wine is now compatible with Office 2013, how bad do you think the UX would really be if you tried to run 2016 on it?

Maybe it's just the crotchety old man part of my personality but I don't like anything after Office 2003. The ribbon interface is a deal breaker for me.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by Cyph0n »

pera wrote: post #40
bandrami wrote: post #11

Cool. I have to admit I haven't thought about Wine in a while because I can't think of any software I use that doesn't have a Linux version. What are people's use-cases nowadays?

Old games for instance :) I love this game from the late 90s called Thief: the dark project from Looking Glass Studios. I don't think there is any way to run it properly on a modern computer without wine or virtualization (which would require a copy of Windows 98).

Actually, you can still play it on modern versions of Windows. Thank GoG for that :)

1. Buy Thief Gold from GoG ($9.99) [1].

2. Install this [2] community patch to downgrade it to The Dark Project.

3. Enjoy!

Always look for any old games on GoG first. If you can't find a game there, you'll definitely find it on either retro gaming forums or private torrent trackers.

[1]: https://www.gog.com/game/thief_gold

[2]: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140679

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by problems »

jhbadger wrote: post #66
pera wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Old games for instance :) I love this game from the late 90s called Thief: the dark project from Looking Glass Studios. I don't think there is any way to run it properly on a modern computer without wine or virtualization (which would require a copy of Windows 98).

And even games not all that old. I'm currently replaying Fallout 3 (from 2008) just fine under Wine. It really is amazingly smooth -- almost as if it were a native game.

2008 is literally 9 years old, all the current day titles I look up are basically rated "Garbage". I think this will improve though as the move to Vulcan and DX12 should make porting easier as the APIs are more similar I believe. The most recent big name thing I could find was WoW - which, while originally from 2003(?) is actively updated and has had some pretty substantial graphical improvements in more recent expansions.
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