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Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by badsectoracula »

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).

You can. At some point someone (probably one of the original devs) released anonymously a vastly updated version of the Dark Engine that Thief (and Thief 2 and System Shock 2) used that not only fixed any issues of the original but added several QoL improvements like antialiasing, raw mouse input, widescreen support, etc and since then he makes sporadic updates. Look for NewDark.

Sadly AFAIK he's still doing that anonymously through a french forum or something, probably because legally he shouldn't have the code. Despite that all modern re-releases of the games that used the Dark Engine (like those on Steam and GOG) are based on NewDark instead of the original engine.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by Cacti »

What is the technical use case for Wine these days? Are we basically talking running certain Windows applications on Linux, at reasonable framerates, using hardware that doesn't support full virtualization pass-through? In other words, if you've got virtualization support, and pcie pass-through support, why not just run this stuff through a Windows VM?

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by rrdharan »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #87
rrdharan wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

How? It's a UWP app which Wine does not support.

I actually never saw the UWP app, it's been temporarily yanked:

https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/71733/where-did...

I've been using 1Password 4, which works fine: https://app-updates.agilebits.com/download/OPW4

Unfortunately I can't seem to make the 1Password 6 beta (which may or may not be the UWP app? Unclear to me) work with Wine 2.0.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by LeoPanthera »

rrdharan wrote: post #95
LeoPanthera wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How? It's a UWP app which Wine does not support.

I actually never saw the UWP app, it's been temporarily yanked: https://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/71733/where-did... I've been using 1Password 4, which works fine: https://app-updates.agilebits.com/download/OPW4 Unfortunately I can't seem to make the 1Password 6 beta (which may or may not be the UWP app? Unclear to me) work with Wine 2.0.

Ah. Unfortunately I have a subscription plan and 1Password 4 won't connect to it.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by panic »

Cacti wrote: post #93

What is the technical use case for Wine these days? Are we basically talking running certain Windows applications on Linux, at reasonable framerates, using hardware that doesn't support full virtualization pass-through? In other words, if you've got virtualization support, and pcie pass-through support, why not just run this stuff through a Windows VM?

I've used Wine on macOS to play indie games (typically 2D GameMaker games). It's way easier than booting up a VM.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by thyrsus »

Cacti wrote: post #93

What is the technical use case for Wine these days? Are we basically talking running certain Windows applications on Linux, at reasonable framerates, using hardware that doesn't support full virtualization pass-through? In other words, if you've got virtualization support, and pcie pass-through support, why not just run this stuff through a Windows VM?

The license is LGPL, somewhat different than Microsoft's.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by Skunkleton »

bigbugbag wrote: post #83
duozerk wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also a godsend for gaming on Linux. As long as you take a peek at the wine appdb page for the game you're trying to run beforehand, they usually work great and with pretty good performances. Though granted the games I play tend not to be cutting edge (but for example, Skyrim with a large texture pack and a full, heavy mod conversion such as Enderal works perfectly and with CSMT, with performances roughly equal t…

> It's also a godsend for windows gaming on Linux here FTFY.

Are you implying that having access to Windows games on Linux does not improve gaming on Linux?

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by duozerk »

bigbugbag wrote: post #83
duozerk wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also a godsend for gaming on Linux. As long as you take a peek at the wine appdb page for the game you're trying to run beforehand, they usually work great and with pretty good performances. Though granted the games I play tend not to be cutting edge (but for example, Skyrim with a large texture pack and a full, heavy mod conversion such as Enderal works perfectly and with CSMT, with performances roughly equal t…

> It's also a godsend for windows gaming on Linux here FTFY.

Indeed; thanks. In my defense, there was a time where both of those roughly meant the same thing ;-)
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