The Wine development release 3.0 RC 4 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 4 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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

Bugs fixed in 3.0-rc4 (total 12):

  13355  Richedit very slowly open big text files
  16505  BBC iPlayer Desktop: .desktop file confuses comments with command line
  26851  Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania demo installer fails
  33722  Stereo IMA ADPCM encoding in WINE produces loud static instead of sound
  34255  WinPolis 3.x: "Buy CDs" editbox does not automatically select all
  37336  U-blox U-Center 8.11 crashes when importing or exporting config file
  41070  "Call of Duty 4" does not start: heap issues
  41209  The Magic School Bus Explores the Solar System: Error message asking for the game to be reinstalled
  43971  Wine 2.20 Bcrypt compilation fails under older linux systems while Wine 2.0.3 compiles fine
  44142  steamwebhelper.exe crashes on wine-stagining 2.21 because NtQueryInformationFile fails
  44161  Possible incorrect string message in "dlls/kernel32/tests/volume.c" line 263
  44218  Black displaying of all Wine stuffs with FreeBSD

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The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 3 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 3 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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

Bugs fixed in 3.0-rc3 (total 24):

   9159  shell32/explorer: Add support for Progman DDE interface
  10164  Pool of Radiance 1.4 intermittently shows garbage in surfaces
  13548  Wine's setupapi does not know how to recursively delete registry keys
  14937  Astroplanner 1.6.1 crashes when closing "preferences" window (TOOLTIPS_SubclassProc must be unsubclassed during WM_NCDESTROY)
  21849  Sonic & Knuckles Collection: arrow buttons are very narrow
  28652  SlingPlayer 2 has transparent view screen while loading
  29871  drawing in photoshop cs5 is almost impossible
  33268  SlingPlayer 2.0.4 screen flickers when pointer over screen
  35562  Slingplayer 2 crashes when starting stream
  36517  SlovoEB 2.1 (.NET 4.0 app) crashes on startup (unsupported WICPixelFormat32bppGrayFloat)
  41220  Provide fallback implementation of strnlen for OS versions that don't have it in their Libc (Leopard, Snow Leopard, et al)
  42924  Regression in Warframe - Crash when Updating user information (Usually when ending a mission). Last working version Wine 1.9.17.
  43004  qedit/tests/mediadet.c intermittent crash
  43217  Wine cannot execute position-independent (PIE) host executables via CreateProcess()
  43627  regression in Age of Empires 2: ingame mostly black in recent wine version
  44163  Far Cry crashes when opening the save game menu
  44168  Wizardry 8 hangs when starting a new game or loading a saved game
  44170  MSMoney data File password no more recognized
  44173  error: use of undeclared identifier 'kCCAlgorithmAES'
  44174  implicit declaration of function 'CCCryptorCreateWithMode'
  44180  TMIDI Player: Crash on startup with a stack overflow
  44194  Serious Sam Classic (First and Second Encounter) shifts the view and makes the game unplayable
  44196  Autocad 2002 - Scrambled numbers in output
  44201  SlingPlayer 2.0 crashes on unimplemented function mf.dll.MFGetService

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WineTricks 20171222 has been released

Winetricks is an easy way to work around problems in Wine.

It has a menu of supported games/apps for which it can do all the workarounds automatically. It also allows the installation of missing DLLs and tweaking of various Wine settings.

This version can be downloaded here.

 

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Run Microsoft Office 2016 and Games on Linux with CodeWeavers CrossOver 17

Yup, that means the latest version of CodeWeaver‘s commercial Wine offering also supports the latest version of Microsoft’s hugely popular Office suite, including both Home and Business editions.
And that’s big news. LibreOffice and Google Docs are near-perfect replacements for most of us, but many students and business still require the use of Microsoft Office products or file formats. As great as interoperability is these days few alternatives are as fuss-free as opting to install Office on Linux using Wine.

Other Windows software and games that feature improved CrossOver 17 support:

• Microsoft Office 2016
• Microsoft Office 2013
• League of Legends
• Everquest
• Everquest II
• WebSite-Watcher
• Battle.Net

CrossOver 17 also features a large update to the Wine compatibility layer, a move that brings thousands of big fixes and usability improvements to users’ desktops and the (ever growing) array of software it supports.

Buy CrossOver 17

CrossOver 17 for Linux and macOS is available to purchase right now from the CodeWeavers website.

A free trial is also available if you want to test things out before you commit.

Wait: I thought Wine was free?

Wine is free, open-source software. It’s available to install on Ubuntu (and other Linux distributions) from the repos, for absolutely nothing.

CrossOver is (in effect) a commercial version of Wine. It’s not free; you have to pay for it. But many people are happy to do this — and no, they’re not crazy!

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Mariner Software Christmas Sale

Black Friday is long gone but that doesn't mean Christmas sales are over. Shop now until December 31st and receive 40% off all Mariner Software products. MacGourmet Deluxe , MacJournal, Monatge, Narrator, StoryMill, Mariner Write, Paperless for Mac, Paperless for Windows, Paperless Lite for Mac, Persona for Mac, Persona for Windows, Contour for Mac, Contour for Windows.

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The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 2 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 2 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

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

Bugs fixed in 3.0-rc2 (total 17):

  22682  Multiple games need function d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXGetShaderInputSemantics (Far Cry 2/3, Avatar, Faery: Legends of Avalon, Civilization 4, Deathspank, Of Orcs and Men)
  32202  ActiveX install attempts to run wrong inf section
  39586  Fallout 4 - Steam Version - Crash on Start-up
  40046  Multiple games require CheckFormatSupport() (Banished, Magic Duels, UE4 tech demos, BioShock 2, Chronicles of Mystara, STO, Lichdom)
  40680  Rocket league needs bcrypt.dll.BCryptGenerateSymmetricKey
  40692  Rocket League needs AES encryption/ decryption implemented in bcrypt.dll
  40901  Factorio crashes with a stack overflow
  41463  Undefined symbols: _DisableThreadLibraryCalls _RaiseException
  43643  Combobox not longer has dropdown
  43915  uTorrent 2.2.1 build 25302 crashes after deleting the last torrent and exiting
  43953  Regression in Spellforce 2: message boxes about fatal dx9 errors appear on map loading
  44010  Armel support
  44130  Possible access to unintended variable in "dlls/comctl32/imagelist.c" line 299
  44147  regression in ole2 datacache
  44148  DX Library: Multiple PlaySoundMem() calls don't work when using XAudio2
  44153  ShellExecute crash when opening explorer.exe
  44171  PTHREAD_STACK_MIN breaks build on GNU hurd

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CodeWeavers has Released CrossOver 17.0.0 for Linux and MacOS

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 17.0.0 for both macOS and Linux. CrossOver 17.0.0 has many improvements to the core Windows compatibility layer and also specific enhancements for several popular applications.

Mac customers with active support entitlements will be upgraded to CrossOver 17.0 the next time they launch CrossOver.  Linux users can download the latest version from CodeWeavers.

Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

17.0.0 CrossOver - December 5, 2017

• Application Support:
  • CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2016.
  • CrossOver now supports Quicken 2017.
• Linux:
  • League of Legends now runs in CrossOver Linux.
• Core Technology Improvements:
  • CrossOver 17 includes an updated Wine with thousands of improvements for Windows application compatibility.
  • The default compatibility mode has been changed from Windows XP to Windows 7.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug which prevented Microsoft Office 2010 from registering.
  • Fixed bugs which prevented Everquest and Everquest 2 from running.
  • Many improvements to Microsoft Office 2013 applications, including better support for drawing shapes, support for gradient brushes, and more.
  • Many Windows applications will run better on high dpi screens.

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The Monthly Creatable Bundle is now Available

The Monthly Creatable Bundle is now Available. Twelve wonderful Mac apps and design goodies. A $561.85 value at over 95% off!

This bundle has now expired, you can purchase Putty for Mac at FastSpring for only $15.00

Uneeq Company Launches Awesome Mac Bundle 8

Uneeq Company Launches Awesome Mac Bundle 8

Minneapolis, MN – December 13, 2017 – Uneeq Company, Inc. today launched an incredible bundle of award-winning, diverse Mac software. 8 apps, with a combined retail value of $284.88 and this Awesome bundle will cost you only $24.95 that’s a savings of 91.24% off MSRP.

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The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 1 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 3.0 RC 1 is now available for Linux and Mac

This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 3.0. It marks the beginning of the code freeze period. There have been many last minute changes, so please give this release a good testing to help us make 3.0 as good as possible.

What's new in this release:

• Direct3D 11 enabled by default on AMD and Intel GPUs.
• AES encryption support on macOS.
• Implementation of the task scheduler.
• Registry export support in the reg.exe tool.
• Progman DDE support.
• OLE data cache improvements.
• More event support in MSHTML.
• Relay debugging improvements.
• 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.

Bugs fixed in 3.0-rc1 (total 28):

  30899  SlingPlayer 1.5 UI broken
  34328  World of Tanks: Purple graphics errors
  40714  process_attach is executed too early for forwarded exports (Oblivon Script Extender cannot load under wine-staging)
  40832  MultiSpec 2.8.2016 32-Bit: Installs fine but crashes while opening any images
  40866  DigitalMicrograph: crashes when a new script is added to the menu
  40963  Upwards, lonely robot Demo crashes with Too many buffers queued
  41269  MSI uninstaller does not clean up Registry's UpgradeCode, ProductCode
  42128  Anime Studio Professional 8 hogs CPU after it's closed.
  42307  Temple+: needs knownfolder_GetRedirectionCapabilities
  42961  Multiple apps need D3D11 depth bias support (FFXIV, Unigine: Heaven, The Witcher 3)
  43000  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (dsound/dsound_convert.c, C99 ~ lrintf)
  43116  Metal Slug 2 (GOG.com) can't get past the character selection screen (needs native msvcr120.dll)
  43131  Multiple apps need correct shader translation for discard_z (The Witcher 3, Star Trek Online, .hack//G.U Last Recode)
  43264  The Witcher 3: Black and red face textures and missing vegetation
  43406  NieR:Automata - Bloom to bright
  43902  close() on a closed fd should set errno to EBADF
  43905  pCon Planner crashes using builtin msvcp: access violation reading location 0x60 at basic_ios_char_widen in module msvcp140.
  43932  Fallout 4 (Steam): Low detailed LOD exterior Meshes are rendered Inside interior cell (wine missing support for SV_ClipDistanceN)
  43940  Runtime error: Invalid floating point operation in Dys-Vocal2 installer
  43956  GDI+ is unable to load some truetype fonts
  44022  The pixel format was invalid as specified (Minecraft Java, Soldiers of Anarchy)
  44064  Sims 4: unimplemented function msvcr120.dll._get_purecall_handler
  44075  Unable to set subsystem version with VC++ 2013 link.exe
  44084  Simple WPF/.Net app doesn`t start
  44085  winecfg: Use more secure HTTPS URL in about
  44088  expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘va_list’
  44091  The Witcher: Enhanced Edition crashes during gameplay
  44104  Torchlight: rendering issue when GLSL is enabled

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Putty for Mac version 8.7.x FAQ

Here is our current FAQ for "Putty for Mac" it should help answer the most common questions and support request.

(Q) What is Putty for Mac?
(A) Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose But what will you do if you are on Mac? You might be thinking , Is there any Software like Putty for Mac Available? The answer is Yes! With the help of some other Software's we can Use putty on Mac although Putty is used widely on Windows Platform. Official Versions of Putty are available on Unix like Platforms, and now it's widely available for Mac systems running macOS 10.9.5 or higher.

(Q) I get this error when installing ( Error : LaunchServices: Could not store lsd-identifiers file at /private/var/db/lsd/com.apple.lsdschemes.plist ) is this a Putty error / bug?
(A) No, it's a Mac OS X bug :) See : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7270354?tstart=0

(Q) Can I install Putty on macOS 10.13 High Sierra?
(A) YES!

(Q) How do I expand the Putty window it is very small by default?

(A)  Unfortunately at this time, Putty for Mac does not support resizing an established connection.

What you can do is create another session for your application and set a custom Window size for it by changing the Columns and Rows and then save that for future usage of that application.

I know it is not optimal and hopefully we will be able to support resizing sometime in the future.

(Q) Can I install and run Putty on OSX 10.8.x 10.9.x and 10.10.x or 10.13 High Sierra?
(A) YES! please see this post about PuTTY running on OS X 10.10 and this post about PuTTY running on 10.13 High Sierra.

Putty for Mac running on OSX 10.9.5

(Q) I cannot enter the "#" character, the key combination is Alt-3 on macOS Sierra.
(A)  In Mac, Putty has additional options in Terminal Keyboard. Uncheck Option Key Acts as Meta.  Then Alt-3 should work. See the below screen-shot...

(Q) It is not possible to paste a target host address into a new connection.
(A) Use Command+V keyboard combination (the equivalent to CTRL+V) on macOS.

(Q) It's not obvious how to launch puttygen, pageant, plink etc.
(A) puttygen, pageant, plink etc are command line programs (this is the current putty limitation of mac).  So to access these programs you have to call for example:

/Applications/Putty4Mac/PuTTY.app/Contents/MacOS/puttygen

You can also place the programs in your PATH variable so that you can just call them from the command line. 

(Q)  Where are the support forums?
(A) Coming Soon!

(Q) Can I get a free trail version?
(A) Sorry but we don't have a trial version at this time, by our 9.0.0 release we plan to have a fully functional demo / trial version available.

(Q) Do you have any videos of Putty running on MacOS
(A) Yes, we posted two short videos of the Putty install and Putty running here.

(Q) What License is Putty for Mac released under?
(A) Putty for Mac is released under a commercial license. The Putty source code is distributed under the MIT license, which is similar in effect to the BSD license. The OS X kernel (darwin) is also released under the BSD license.

(Q) Do you have volume or educational discounts?
(A) Yes, we currently have volume discounts available that max out at 50% off the normal retail price, see this post for more details.

(Q) Do you have a standalone pTerm release?
(A) Yes, after a few request we did a standalone pTerm release it can be found here.

(Q) Where can I purchase Putty for Mac and how much does it cost?
(A) Putty for Mac cost only $15.00 and can be purchased here.

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.22 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.22 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Source selection dialog for scanners.
• Improvements in ARM64 support.
• Float audio formats with more than 2 channels in XAudio.
• Fixes for DLL injection support.
• Input methods improvements.
• 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.

Bugs fixed in 2.22 (total 14):

  29986  IE6 and IE4 have greenish toolbar icons
  42099  Bedlam (indie game) renders 3D world upside down (DX11)
  42414  The Witcher 3 intro videos don't play
  42701  Multiple apps and games using MS .NET Framework 4.x need api-ms-win-core-winrt-roparameterizediid-l1-1-0.dll.RoGetParameterizedTypeInstanceIID (Mafia III, Daylight)
  43332  rsaenh: Warning and notes while building (GCC 7.1.1)
  43333  shell32: Warning and notes while building (GCC 7.1.1)
  43335  wintrust: Warning and note while building (GCC 7.1.1)
  43336  propsys: Warning and notes while building (GCC 7.1.1)
  43800  Winamp's associations setup window has broken check boxes appearance
  43844  Skyrim can not load skse when upgrade to 2.18
  43904  HeTeMuLu Creator: Can't input some kanji characters properly.
  43946  wineboot crashes with stack smashing on aarch64
  44037  Bricscad v17 crashes on startup, needs ADVAPI32.dll.PerfStartProviderEx
  44054  Wine-mono download dialog should say wine-mono, not Mono

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Lutris 0.4.14 has been released

Lutris helps you install and play video games from all eras and from most gaming systems. By leveraging and combining existing emulators, engine re-implementations and compatibility layers, it gives you a central interface to launch all your games.

The client can connect with existing services like Humble Bundle, GOG and Steam to make your game libraries easily available. Game downloads and installations are automated and can be modified through user made scripts.

Download this version of Lutris from here.

Changelog :

• Add option to include and exclude processes from monitoring in installers
  and during gameplay.
• Add winekill installer task
• Fix lutris eating 100% CPU after game quits
• Fix the way wine games quit
• Fix Wine Steam being killed on game exit even if the option is disabled
• Add support for 64bit dinput8.dll for x360ce
• Add support for dumbxinputemu as a x360ce alternative
• Add option to enable xinput9_1_0.dll in x360ce
• Deprecate koku-xinput option
• Add system option to enable DRI_PRIME
• Add more platforms to Mednafen
• Better controller support for Mednafen

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Running PuTTY for Mac on a Retina 5K Display

I have had a few people ask me recently if Putty for Mac would run on their Retina Display and after doing some test I can happily say it runs perfectly fine. Their is however one minor outstanding issue, PuTTY won't run at ultra-high resolution at this time. Now back to working on the upcoming PuTTY for Mac 9.0.0 release.  :)

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About PuTTY for Mac :

Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose But what will you do if you are on Mac? You might be thinking , Is there any Software like Putty for Mac Available? The answer is Yes! With the help of some other Software’s we can Use putty on MacOS although Putty is used widely on Windows Platform. Official Versions of Putty are available on Unix like Platforms, and now it’s widely available for Mac systems running OSX 10.9.5 or higher.

SSH is available by default in Mac and Linux or Unix. Although you can use terminal for SSH connections still there are some benefits in using Putty such as Other clients don’t keep connections alive whereas Putty does. Also it is cool to use Putty as your SSH client if you are doing some Amazon AWS, VMware ESXi or CISCO Stuffs, transferring files, managing files on a server or whatever.

The cost of Putty 8.7.0 is only $15.00. Anyone who has purchased Putty in the past three months is entitled to a free upgrade. Putty comes with three months of upgrades and of course a 14-day money back guarantee.

Supported Protocols:

• Telnet
• FTP
• SFTP
• SSH
• SCP

About Wine Reviews:

There is a multitude of software developed only for the Windows operating system and even when software vendors port their applications to another platform, generally it lacks features that the Windows version contains. The only solution these developers face is to have access to both systems for testing which leads to increased infrastructure demands, and wasted project resources. Our goal is to have native ports of essential Windows tools and applications made available for MacOS users.

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.21 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.21 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Still more metafile support in GdiPlus.
• Indirect draws support in Direct 3D.
• Calling convention fixes on ARM.
• Improved serial port detection on Linux.
• Services fixes on WoW64.
• Better DPI scaling in the Shell Explorer.
• 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.

Bugs fixed in 2.21 (total 16):

  34601  Hydro Thunder from Midway Arcade Treasures 3 crashes quickly after the start
  37669  Resetting a write watch can cause memory access violation in kernel
  38334  SpinTires crashes with unimplemented function d3dx9_36.dll.D3DXFrameFind
  42568  user32/tests/msg.ok intermittent failure in SendMessage from other thread
  42569  user32/tests/clipboard intermittent failure ("expected freed memory")
  42570  dinput/tests/mouse intermittently fails in Acquire() and GetDeviceData()
  42863  Multiple games require sample_c_lz for cube/array textures (Winexy, Witcher 3, Flame in the Flood)
  43273  The Witcher 3 freezes the system in a certain area of the game
  43316  Process Hacker 2.x needs ADVAPI32.dll.LsaLookupPrivilegeName
  43405  NieR:Automata - Most bullets are invisible
  43483  Medusa Demo crashes with unimplemented function d3dx10_43.dll.D3DX10PreprocessShaderFromMemory
  43750  USB "ttyACM0" serial port not being created
  43853  Keepass2 fails to launch
  43884  MSVC LINK.EXE version 14.11.25547.0 crashes due to unimplemented function _memicmp_l
  43939  comctl32 cannot load its assembly on arm
  43952  kernel32/tests/console.ok fails

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​How to run Windows apps on your Chromebook

Have you ever heard someone with a new Chromebook complaining because they couldn't run their favorite Windows application on it? I have. Now, there's a solution for them (or, for you, so you can run that one Windows application you can't live without). For years, CodeWeaver's CrossOver enabled you to run many popular Windows applications on Linux and macOS. Now, CodeWeavers is bringing those same Windows apps to your Chromebook.

Better still, the beta CrossOver on Chrome OS promises to be easier to use than ever before. Previously, you had to jump through hoops to get Windows apps running on a foreign platform. With CrossOver for ChromeOS, you type in the Windows app's name, pick it from a list when it shows up, make sure you have the installation media, and hit install. Nothing could be easier.

CrossOver won't run all Windows programs, but it runs many of them. For example, its supported Windows applications include Microsoft Office and Quicken. CrossOver also runs games. These include such popular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) games as World of Warcraft and Guild Wars.

CrossOver on Chrome OS is still a beta. While I could run some of my favorite simple programs on it, like NotePad++, a source-code editor on it, I couldn't run others. For instance, while I could install Microsoft Office 2016 on my 2015 Chromebook Pixel, Office wouldn't run on it.

Games that lock the mouse, such as first-person shooters, won't work either. That's because the required application programming interface (API) isn't in Chrome OS' current version of Android. It's expected to be added shortly. Video-heavy programs that require OpenGL also aren't supported. This is because Android only supports OpenGL ES, which is an OpenSL subset.

So, I can't recommend switching to a Chromebook to run Windows applications yet. But, the beta download is free, and it's certainly worth trying. Well, it's worth giving a shot if you have a Chromebook that supports Android. You see, CrossOver on Chrome OS is really Chromebook on Android. That means you need a newer Chromebook.

Jeremey White, CodeWeavers' founder, explained the Android connection happened because: "We've been experimenting with Android support for the past four years ... There have been a lot of challenges - and a lot of challenges remain. For example, we poured a lot of energy into making Windows applications work on a variety of Android form factors, including phones and tablets. But the brutal truth is that if I give you, say, Microsoft Word, on your phone, you'll fairly quickly figure out that you don't really want the Windows version of Word on your phone. Your fingers can't operate the menus." But, then, he said, "With the announcement of support of Android in Chrome OS, suddenly things made a lot more sense. A Chromebook has a big enough screen. And a keyboard and a mouse. And often, an Intel processor. What's more, it's really handy to have Quicken or Wizard 101 or your favorite Windows application right there."

It doesn't have to be a powerful Chromebook to run Windows apps on a Chromebook, although it must have an Intel processor. That's because CrossOver uses Wine, a lightweight program that's been used for decades now to run Windows programs on macOS, Linux, and Unix. It does this by creating a Windows API compatibility layer. This enables you to install and run 32-bit Windows software without actually running Windows.

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Putty for Mac 8.7.0 has been released with macOS High Sierra support

Wine Reviews released Putty for Mac 8.7.0 for MacOS today. Putty 8.7.0 is yet another major release,  we now have full support for macOS High Sierra. Please see the full change-log below for all the exciting changes in this release.

Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose But what will you do if you are on Mac? You might be thinking , Is there any Software like Putty for Mac Available? The answer is Yes! With the help of some other Software’s we can Use putty on MacOS although Putty is used widely on Windows Platform. Official Versions of Putty are available on Unix like Platforms, and now it’s widely available for Mac systems running OSX 10.9.5 or higher.

SSH is available by default in Mac and Linux or Unix. Although you can use terminal for SSH connections still there are some benefits in using Putty such as Other clients don’t keep connections alive whereas Putty does. Also it is cool to use Putty as your SSH client if you are doing some Amazon AWS, VMware ESXi or CISCO Stuffs, transferring files, managing files on a server or whatever.

The cost of Putty 8.7.0 is only $15.00. Anyone who has purchased Putty in the past three months is entitled to a free upgrade. Putty comes with three months of upgrades and of course a 14-day money back guarantee.

Supported Protocols:

• Telnet
• FTP
• SFTP
• SSH
• SCP

About Wine Reviews:

There is a multitude of software developed only for the Windows operating system and even when software vendors port their applications to another platform, generally it lacks features that the Windows version contains. The only solution these developers face is to have access to both systems for testing which leads to increased infrastructure demands, and wasted project resources. Our goal is to have native ports of essential Windows tools and applications made available for MacOS users.

Version 8.7.0 New Features:

• Compiled PuTTY against the latest stable GTK version 3.22.20
• Compiled PuTTY on macOS 10.13.1 High Sierra
• Moved back to the more stable pkg installer
• Updated the Documentation
• Minor bug fixes

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CodeWeavers releases a open beta of CrossOver for Chrome OS

 From Jeremy White's blog

Today is a very exciting day - we have released an open Beta of CrossOver on Chrome OS, which runs on the Android subsystem of Chrome OS and makes it possible to easily and cleanly run Windows applications on an Intel based Chromebook.

This is a particularly satisfying for me, personally.  That is, I have always loved technology best when there is are a lot of vibrant options in the market.  With the launch of CrossOver, we believe that Chrome OS becomes an even more compelling choice.

And I love this version of CrossOver; I think it's our cleanest and most elegant version yet.  It's inspired by the simplicity and elegance of Android and Chrome OS; I think it's by far the best CrossOver we've ever made.

It's been a long journey - we've been experimenting with Android support for the past four years, and it's been ten years since we added a new major operating system (we launched CrossOver Mac in January of 2007)...

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The WineHQ Wine development release 2.20 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.20 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Improved event support in MSHTML.
• Preloader support on ARM64.
• Interpolation modes in Direct3D.
• Improved metafile support in GdiPlus.
• Initial version of Kerberos5 Authentication Package.
• OLE clipboard cache improvements.
• 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.

Bugs fixed in 2.20 (total 15):

  40873  Multiple games (Witcher 3, Firewatch, The Solus Project, Banished) require dcl_input_ps support
  41960  Totally Accurate Battle Simulator alpha crashes
  43236  F.E.A.R, Condemned: Criminal Origins have no in-game audio
  43457  The First Templar - Steam Special Edition crashes in the main menu
  43512  Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - the player character is severely distorted
  43572  Ham Radio Deluxe 6.4 crashes on unimplemented function ntdll.dll.RtlIpv4StringToAddressW
  43770  Fidibo installer crashes very early in win7 mode
  43810  Playkey needs api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll.__stdio_common_vsprintf_p
  43883  Endless Legend - Broken in 2.18, worked in 2.17
  43886  Xenia emulator needs api-ms-win-shcore-scaling-l1-1-1.dll
  43912  wine-2.0.3/programs/wineboot/wineboot.c:684]: (style) Suspicious condition
  43913  Process Hacker 3.x needs ntdll.dll.RtlDosPathNameToNtPathName_U_WithStatus
  43914  64-bit RPCS3 emulator doesn't start, loader reports 'Invalid address' (non-relocatable PE wants to use lowest possible image base on NT: 0x10000 / 64 KB)
  43920  Access violations during start-up of the Tina 11.0 and Circuitmaker2000 software
  43927  Wine crashes when running anything (when compiled with gcc4.2, clang works)

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Putty for Mac 8.6.0 macOS 10.13 High Sierra preview release

PuTTY for Mac now runs on Apple's newest flagship operating system macOS 10.13 High Sierra. This new preview release also has full support for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. High Sierra support continues to improve and new features are always being added to the newest releases.

Changelog :

• Preliminary support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• Full support for Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite
• Minor bug fixes

About PuTTY for Mac

Putty is one of the Best Terminal Emulators available today. It Supports different types of Network Protocols such as SSH, FTP, SCP, Telnet etc. In Windows it is used as SSH Client to connect to Your Linux server or for some other purpose But what will you do if you are on Mac? You might be thinking , Is there any Software like Putty for Mac Available? The answer is Yes! With the help of some other Software’s we can Use putty on MacOS although Putty is used widely on Windows Platform. Official Versions of Putty are available on Unix like Platforms, and now it’s widely available for Mac systems running OSX 10.9.5 or higher.

SSH is available by default in Mac and Linux or Unix. Although you can use terminal for SSH connections still there are some benefits in using Putty such as Other clients don’t keep connections alive whereas Putty does. Also it is cool to use Putty as your SSH client if you are doing some Amazon AWS, VMware ESXi or CISCO Stuffs, transferring files, managing files on a server or whatever.

The cost of Putty is only $15.00 for the lite version or $36.00 for the 1 year subscription option. Anyone who has purchased Putty in the past three months is entitled to a free upgrade. Putty comes with three months of upgrades for the lite version and one year of upgrades for the subscription option and of course a 14-day money back guarantee.

Supported Protocols:

• Telnet
• FTP
• SSH
• SCP

About Wine Reviews:

There is a multitude of software developed only for the Windows operating system and even when software vendors port their applications to another platform, generally it lacks features that the Windows version contains. The only solution these developers face is to have access to both systems for testing which leads to increased infrastructure demands, and wasted project resources. Our goal is to have native ports of essential Windows tools and applications made available for MacOS users.

Q4Wine 1.3.6 has been released for Linux and Mac OSX

Q4Wine is a Qt GUI for Wine. It will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications. It currently supported on Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X platforms.

Q4Wine was initially written by Alexey S. Malakhov aka John Brezerk. General idea comes from WineTools scripts which were initially written by Frank Hendriksen.

General features are:

• Can export Qt color theme into wine colors settings;
• Can easy work with different wine versions at same time;
• Easy creating, deleting and managing prefixes (WINEPREFIX);
• Easy controlling for wine process;
• Autostart icons support;
• Easy cd-image use;
• You can extract icons from PE files (.exe .dll);
• Easy backup and restore for managed prefixes;
• Winetriks support;
• And more: Explore it!;

Changelog for 1.3.6 :

Updated:

• Added indication of applications which was installed through winetricks BUG-106;BUG-111;
• Default Wine Desktop Integartion path settings for new prefixes BUG-106;
• Added option to run custom scripts with fake drive settings after creation of fake drive BUG-106;
• Qt5 build enabled by default;
• Taiwan translation;
• Russian translation;
• Ukrainian translation;
• Spanish translation;
• Czech translation;
• Bind Plus and Minus keys for Program tab for +- zoom respectively BUG-112;
• Bind Plus and Minus keys for Config tab for +- zoom respectively BUG-112;
• Allow to change Config and Program Icon sizes independently BUG-112;

Documented:

• q4wine prevents user from running winecfg from KRunner even after uninstalling BUG-98;

Fixed:

• Static code analysis: errors and warnings BUG-116;
• Error: wrong or broken XML data. Try again later. BUG-114;

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Q4Wine 1.3.5 has been released for Linux and Mac OSX

Q4Wine is a Qt GUI for Wine. It will help you manage wine prefixes and installed applications. It currently supported on Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X platforms.

Q4Wine was initially written by Alexey S. Malakhov aka John Brezerk. General idea comes from WineTools scripts which were initially written by Frank Hendriksen.

General features are:

• Can export Qt color theme into wine colors settings;
• Can easy work with different wine versions at same time;
• Easy creating, deleting and managing prefixes (WINEPREFIX);
• Easy controlling for wine process;
• Autostart icons support;
• Easy cd-image use;
• You can extract icons from PE files (.exe .dll);
• Easy backup and restore for managed prefixes;
• Winetriks support;
• And more: Explore it!;

 Changelog for 1.3.5:

Updated:

• Italian translation;
• Ukrainian translation;
• Russian translation;

Fixed:

• Removed extra Doxygen files to reduce artifact size;

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