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Wine 8.9

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Re: Wine 8.9

#11

Post by Topgamer7 »

Topgamer7 wrote: post #10
simonebrunozzi wrote: post #7

How does this current Wine version compare with the latest Parallels? What's the typical app that you run on Wine and makes you happier than if you were using Parallels? Any? Games?

I think the comparison is more about memory overhead, startup time, open ecosystem, platform flexibility. Not being chained to Microsoft decisions when it comes to gaming down the road potentially. I also get annoyed with keeping 10's of GB of vm's around. Although wineprefixes balloon in size pretty quick too. Then there is backwards compatibility. Wine can provide more flexibility to support older OS's on the same…

Also you don't have to pay for wine. But parallels is at what version 18? Doesn't that basically mean this is subscription-ware?

Re: Wine 8.9

#12

Post by stephen_g »

Topgamer7 wrote: post #11
Topgamer7 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the comparison is more about memory overhead, startup time, open ecosystem, platform flexibility. Not being chained to Microsoft decisions when it comes to gaming down the road potentially. I also get annoyed with keeping 10's of GB of vm's around. Although wineprefixes balloon in size pretty quick too. Then there is backwards compatibility. Wine can provide more flexibility to support older OS's on the same…

Also you don't have to pay for wine. But parallels is at what version 18? Doesn't that basically mean this is subscription-ware?

Not to mention having to buy a Windows license too, having to link that to a Microsoft account, etc.

Re: Wine 8.9

#13

Post by npteljes »

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #3

can anyone tell me how to get the following setup file installed via wine? https://busy.in/BusyWebsiteFiles/setup.rar All the wine versions i've tried throws a "error" windows installer error. lists a bunch of commands. This would be so much helpful for accounting professionals as this is one of the main proprietary accounting softwares running in india and it apparently requires windows. :-( https://busy.in/download…

As a Wine user, experimenting with Wine versions, wine-staging, winetricks, and prepackaged wines like Proton is about the most you can do. I looked up BUSY on the AppDB, and it seems like other users haven't had any success either, so there's not much chance that it will work. Besides running the installed, you could also try running an already installed instance.

Re: Wine 8.9

#14

Post by 2Gkashmiri »

npteljes wrote: post #13
2Gkashmiri wrote: post #3

can anyone tell me how to get the following setup file installed via wine? https://busy.in/BusyWebsiteFiles/setup.rar All the wine versions i've tried throws a "error" windows installer error. lists a bunch of commands. This would be so much helpful for accounting professionals as this is one of the main proprietary accounting softwares running in india and it apparently requires windows. :-( https://busy.in/download…

As a Wine user, experimenting with Wine versions, wine-staging, winetricks, and prepackaged wines like Proton is about the most you can do. I looked up BUSY on the AppDB, and it seems like other users haven't had any success either, so there's not much chance that it will work. Besides running the installed, you could also try running an already installed instance.

i can remember running this software a few years ago but the company changed their installer somehow and it broke. never tried it since so yeah.

Re: Wine 8.9

#15

Post by nipperkinfeet »

I discovered that Wine gave me more headaches. It would be fantastic if Wine could identify the missing components and download them. I realized that using a virtual machine to boot into Windows was simpler.

Re: Wine 8.9

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Post by dontlaugh »

nipperkinfeet wrote: post #15

I discovered that Wine gave me more headaches. It would be fantastic if Wine could identify the missing components and download them. I realized that using a virtual machine to boot into Windows was simpler.

I was going to suggest avoiding sulphites.
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