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Wine 1.1.9 Released

2008-11-21T23:41:56Z

The Wine development release 1.1.9 is now available.

What's new in this release:

A large number of regression test fixes.
Performance improvements in memory management.
Improved POP3 support in inetcomm.
Initial implementation of the XInput DLL.
Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 1.1.8 Released

2008-11-08T23:41:03Z

The Wine development release 1.1.8 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Substantial parts of inetcomm implemented (for Outlook).
Still better crypt32 support.
Memory management improvements.
Theming support for buttons.
Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 1.1.7 Released

2008-10-24T22:38:47Z

The Wine development release 1.1.7 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Improved device management for DOS drives.
Many Richedit fixes.
Various installer fixes, particularly for IE 7.
First steps of Direct3D 10 implementation.
Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 1.0.1 Released

2008-10-17T22:37:18Z

The Wine maintenance release 1.0.1 is now available.

This is a maintenance release from the 1.0 stable branch. It contains only translation updates and small bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

Wine 1.1.6 Released

2008-10-11T22:50:49Z

The Wine development release 1.1.6 is now available.

What's new in this release:

Beginnings of schannel implementation using GnuTLS.
Many fixes from various code analysis tools.
Support for X11 desktop work area.
Fixes for Richedit tables.
More complete JavaScript support.
Various bug fixes.

Wine Weekly News: Issue 353

2008-10-11T22:49:36Z

This is the 353 issue of the World Wine News publication. Its main goal is to prepare the world for WineConf 2008. It also serves to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code, but it can optionally use native system DLLs if they are available. You can find more info at www.winehq.org

Benchmarking Wine 1.1.2 on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-03T08:25:24Z

I installed some benchmarks into Wine 1.1.2 on FreeBSD and gave them another run today to see what gains I would see over the last benchmarks that I ran. The last time the benchmarks were run on FreeBSD 7.0 Beta 2 and Nvidia driver Version: 100.14.19 that was edited so it would install and run on FreeBSD 7 bets 2.

This time Ive ran five benchmarks 3DMark 2000v1.1, 3DMark2001SE, 3DMark2003, LightsMark 2008, and 3DMark2006. I have a copy of CX Games 7.0.0 for BSD installed and plan to test it's performance verses vanilla Wine. Also you'll notice ive ran LightsMark 2008 this time around. and the cool thing is there is now a Linux version of this Benchmark. In the future I plan to run it on Linux native and then with Wine to see just where Wine stands.

FoxMail 6.5 on Linux and BSD

2008-10-02T12:34:05Z

Foxmail description

Foxmail is a compact, yet very powerful email program with many useful features and a pleasant interface. Foxmail supports POP3 accounts as well as Hotmail accounts and offers support for HTML email, mailbox encryption, multiple accounts and more. Foxmail also comes with a WYSIWIG tool to compose nice looking HTML emails from templates or scratch. The program also offers filter options, allowing you to act upon incoming mail that meets certain criteria - you can delete messages, forward them, auto-respond to them and more based on keywords appearing in the subject, address, text etc.

The Express Send feature enables you to send mail directly to the recipient, using the built in SMTP server, thereby bypassing your ISP. Foxmail includes many other features, including a remote mail viewer to manage mail on the server, as well as a small scroll ticker that displays message subjects as they arrive in your inbox. It is probably one of the most capable email programs you can find and an excellent alternative to Outlook Express (can import Outlook messages).

WineConf 2008 keynote address from Alexandre Julliard

2008-10-01T01:50:47Z

Here is a flash video of the 2008 Wineconf keynote address given by Alexandre Julliard the lead maintainer the Wine project. Alexandre was one of the first developers of Wine back when the project first started in 1993. In 1994, he assumed the responsibility for maintaining the Wine project, and has led the project ever since then. WineConf 2008 was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota on the 27th and 28th of September 2008 and was sponsored by the fine folks at CodeWeavers.

Wine Weekly News: Issue 352

2008-09-25T16:10:47Z

This is the 352 issue of the World Wine News publication. Its main goal is to prepare the world for WineConf 2008. It also serves to inform you of what's going on around Wine. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Think of it as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code, but it can optionally use native system DLLs if they are available. You can find more info at www.winehq.org