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Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by Eiriksmal »

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 Wine for MP3Tag (best tag editor I've ever used) and foobar2000.

Audacious is an excellent, excellent music player/frontend for whatever GStreamer backend you're using, but it can't handle in_vgm for Genesis/Megadrive files, the PSF plugin, and the ADPCM plugin for playing back Gamecube sound files.

Foobar absorbed all of the collective years of development effort to make Winamp play everything under the sun. That is slowly trickling into the Linux streamers, but they're not all there yet.

Wine is also great for random C# applets that people develop, like a HydrogenAudio tool I use to compare waveforms of FLACs and MP3s to see if the FLAC is a true FLAC or just an already-low-pass-filtered-MP3 converted to a FLAC.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by my123 »

acd wrote: post #92

Would Microsoft sell Winelibs or Windows for Linux now that there are Linux for Windows?

SQL Server basically uses Drawbridge, which is an NT kernel in userspace. They did it, but I doubt that they'll sell it.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by Eiriksmal »

arthurfm wrote: post #117
ronjouch wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

mp3tag [1] works perfectly in Wine [2], does everything Tag&Rename does and is free. It also has a less cluttered interface in my opinion. :) [1] http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html [2] https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=applicatio...

+1. Responded to the grandparent to say that I mainly use Wine for mp3tag. It's the first donationware software I've ever donated to! I bought him some CDs off his Amazon wishlist. It felt great to give back.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by executesorder66 »

rweichler wrote: post #206
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?

mspaint.exe

Why not use Pinta[0] on Linux?

[0]http://pinta-project.com/

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by general_ai »

dmerrick wrote: post #14

I've been using computers my whole life, and a lot of the magic has been explained away. Wine is a project that continues to astound me. Grats to the Wine team, this is great!

It's like the Linux subsystem on Windows, but the other way around. :-)

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by struppi »

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?

1Password is awesome on Linux using wine. I use it with Vivaldi (and the chrome plugin in Vivaldi). My other current use case is the original StarCraft. I just read (on the appdb) that the 32bit version of Lightroom now works with wine, so I'll try that too - soon. Now I am hoping for the "Affinity" tools (Designer, Photo), but they are still rated as "Garbage" in the appdb.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by voltagex_ »

bblough wrote: post #190
stuaxo wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Another non development way to contribute is on the appdb, testing compatibility - https://appdb.winehq.org/

Unless you run Debian stable (or probably any LTS distro), in which case they don't want your reports because "your software is too out of date". I find this attitude odd, because there are (at least) tens of thousands of wine installs under Debian alone. Surely the information is relevant and useful to people, even if the version is no longer officially supported. As a result, I've stopped wasting my time filing rep…

Debian stable's Wine is often fairly old. I wish there was an easier way to get a newer Wine on stable.

They're rejecting your reports because the issues are often fixed in newer versions - someone would have to re-confirm your reports on a newer version.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by lnx01 »

someguy101010 wrote: post #19
singularity2001 wrote: post #16

Did anyone manage to navigate through the download jungle?

if you're on linux wine is a package available in most distributions and you usually "sudo apt-get install wine" *you're

True, provided your distro already has 2.0 -- otherwise if you do that now you're going to get an older version.

Re: Wine 2.0 released

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Post by oofabz »

ardivekar wrote: post #209
tbrock wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft Office. /thread

Really, check out WPS Office on both Linux and Windows. It's a phenomenal MS-Office clone, 100x better than both OpenOffice and LibreOffice (because it actually acknowledges that MS-Office is a good piece of software).

I use Gnumeric and Abiword. I like the straightforward UI that doesn't try to be innovative or flashy and focuses on functionality. Do many people actually need a suite of several interconnected office apps? I just need to edit documents.
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