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Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.
Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs.
Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative
implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code,
however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. Wine
provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix
as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs
to run on x86-based Unixes, including
Linux,
FreeBSD, and
Solaris.
More information can be read in the articles Why Wine
is so important, and Debunking Wine Myths.
If you are wondering how well a particular application works in Wine, please
examine the Applications Database. For
installation instructions and step-by-step help with running Wine, take a look
at the User Guide.
Just in time for Christmas, a new CVS snapshot is out, wine-0.9.4. As
you might have noticed, we're seeing more snapshots now that we're in beta.
We'll cover that process in more detail in this week's Wine Weekly News. Until
then, happy compiling!
Alexandre noted the following changes:
Improvements to the IDL compiler.
Some infrastructure work for loadable driver support.
The usual assortment of Direct3D improvements.
IME support in the edit control.
Better support for AVI animations.
Debugging support improvements.
Relay traces now work on NX platforms.
Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is
available
now. You can find out more about this release in the
announcement. Check out our
download page for packages for your favorite
distribution.
A new CVS snapshot is out, wine-0.9.3. Alexandre noted the following
changes:
Many marshalling fixes in rpcrt4.
Various OLE improvements and fixes.
Better audio driver management in winecfg.
Many wininet fixes.
Several Web browser improvements.
More dbghelp APIs implemented.
Directory objects in wineserver.
Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is
available
now. You can find out more about this release in the
announcement. Check out our
download page for packages for your favorite
distribution.
We had a second drop from CVS for the month, wine-0.9.2. The
announcement noted the following changes:
Winelib Explorer app (just a wrapper around winefile for now).
Debugger cleanups and improvements.
Many wininet fixes.
Better autogenerated API manpages.
A bunch of Korean translations.
Lots of bug fixes.
Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is
available
now. You can find out more about this release in the
announcement. Check out our
download page for packages for your favorite
distribution.
November 9, 2005: Wine 0.9.1 Released
A CVS drop came out today with the tag wine-0.9.1. Alexandre noted the
following additions:
Support for Find function in regedit.
Winelib app to eject a CD.
Many MSI improvements.
Better support for running text-mode apps without X.
Improved support for various code obfuscation tools.
Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is
available
now. You can find out more about this release in the
announcement. Check out our
download page for packages for your favorite
distribution.
