Cross-Platform Compatibility
Wine allows users to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems, including Linux and macOS, thereby bridging the gap between different operating systems and expanding software usability.
Performance
Wine can offer performance that is comparable to running the software natively on Windows, avoiding the overhead associated with full virtual machines.
Open Source
Wine is an open-source project, allowing users to contribute to its development, customize it according to their needs, and benefit from a wide community of developers.
Cost Savings
By using Wine, there’s no need to purchase a Windows license, which can result in significant cost savings, especially for businesses or users who only need occasional access to Windows applications.
I have tried to find resources (videos or websites) to understand the details of WINE (http://winehq.org) and how to get new applications to run with it, but have had no luck.
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5 months ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
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12 months ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please don’t report bugs about it on winehq.org and use https://github.com/lutris/wine/issues instead.
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about 1 year ago
“WINE is not an emulator” winehq.org originally developed for Linux (I believe).
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about 1 year ago
No, it allows people to use Windows apps on Linux winehq.org you used to be able to play on Linux but roblox goes out of there way to block it and then says they will most likely not make a native Linux client https://devforum.roblox.com/t/proper-support-for-the-linux-platform/56544/112.
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over 1 year ago
Is there any error message when it crashes or is it just CTD Crash To Desktop. I would try verifying the game files. Also it might help to download Wine from the instructions on their website https://winehq.org/.
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over 1 year ago
LibreOffice is good enough for CS. You can run MS Office 2007 to 2016 on Linux (or anything) with Wine. Newer versions do not work yet. Instead, you could use the browser versions of these tools, or Google Docs, which I find to be adequate if it’s not your full-time job to work with office software.
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over 1 year ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
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over 1 year ago
If it’s worth your time, you can search for iTunes on WineHQ and see how far support will get for you. W.
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over 1 year ago
Steam Deck runs Linux (some variant of Arch apparently), so all Windows games get run through Proton, which is essentially a fork/superset of wine that focuses on adding stuff for gaming.
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over 1 year ago
For carbide motion my suggestion would be to start by just booting over to Windows when you need to use it, but maybe think about moving over to linux based replacements that apparently should be able to control a shapeoko etc. With no problem, such as ugs or cncjs, but they will require a bit of tinkering that’ll be way easier once you’re used to linux. Although I’m not optimistic about using it for Carbide…
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over 1 year ago
Q4Wine is a Qt GUI for Wine. It will allow you to run Windows executables out of the box. Flatseal is a graphical utility to review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications. We will use it to give Q4Wine permission to access our filesystem so that the Mod Manager and Script Merger can access game files.
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over 1 year ago
This one relates to the compatibillity layer for linux and mac WINE, thats the url right, wine-hq.org, right? Wrong it’s winehq.org, but that hyphen has ALWAYS been in the url, everyone I ask, they say there’s a hyphen, but there is no hyphen, I dont have evidence but, there was a hyphen there right?
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over 1 year ago
Your wine version seems to be pretty old, winehq.org and pick staging/stable.
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over 1 year ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
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over 1 year ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please don’t report bugs about it on winehq.org and use https://github.com/Frogging-Family/wine-tkg-git/issues instead.
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over 1 year ago
If there’s any Windows specific software that you need, 95% of the time you’ll be able to run it with Wine, or there’ll be an native alternative available. For games, over 87% of the top 100 Steam games run either natively or through Wine, according to ProtonDB. In my own Steam library, all of my 39 games run fine on Linux.
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over 1 year ago
Most admins at winehq.org‘s Bugzilla are insanely abusive for no reason at all.
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over 1 year ago
It can run windows games through proton (proton is based on wine –>: winehq.org).
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almost 2 years ago
Ubuntu/Mint
Install the WineHQ packages, as explained here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
If you already have Ubuntu’s wine package installed, uninstall it first.
NOTE: Ubuntu 18.04/Mint 19.04 requires a dependency (FAudio) that is not in the default repo. Download and install both 32bit (i386) and 64bit (amd64) packages.
Links for the packages are included with the winehq.org guide, however I have them here…
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almost 2 years ago
002c:fixme:winediag:LdrInitializeThunk Please mention your exact version when filing bug reports on winehq.org.
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almost 2 years ago
