All good things must end

Over the past year we have been letting our reader know about a special offer from CodeWeavers to save 20% off CrossOver Pro and Games for Linux and Mac. CrossOver also runs on FreeBSD B.T.W all you need to do is buy a Linux or Mac licence then sign up as a advocate and then go to the nightly builds section and the FreeBSD builds can be found there.

Here is a screenshot of the FreeBSD downloads.

As the title says the 25% off "ComeToTheLight" dealcode, e.g coupon will expire on March 31st 2011. So if you need a copy of CrossOver to emulate Windows on your Linux or Mac computer this is a good time to get it before the "ComeToTheLight" dealcode expires. Just go to CodeWeavers store and add the products you need and then proceed to checkout. In the Checkout section is where you add the dealcode, after adding the dealcode just refresh your cart and the 30% discount will be given.
 

Update 04/06/2023 : The ComeToTheLight dealcode has expired, you can now use "TOM23" as your dealcode and save 20% off CrossOver for Mac and Linux.

I hope in the future we will have another dealcode for our readers, but that is still in the works and when we have something finalized ill be sure to post about it. But keep in mind another dealcode hasn't been given at this time, so take advantage of this while you still can. If you can Tweet or post about this on your FaceBook page, Blog or Web Site and let others know to buy now and get a 30% discount you might gain a friend or two. :)

About CrossOver :
CrossOver lets you run Windows software on your Mac or Linux computer. You can think of it as an emulator, but CrossOver's different, because there's no Windows Operating System license required. It's like running Windows on your computer, but without Windows.

About CodeWeavers :
Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers focuses on the development of Wine the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.CodeWeavers.com.

PlayOnLinux 3.8.12 has been released

PlayOnLinux 3.8.12 has been released here is some of the changes since the 3.8.11 version.

The following installers have been updated:
- Borderlands (clean-up)
- Bulletstorm (Wine version update)
- Dead Rising 2 (clean-up)
- Dragon Age 2 Demo (Wine version update and bug fix)
- Fallout 3 (installer rewritten from scratch)
- Fallout 3 - DLC (clean-up)
- Fallout 3 Patch 1.07 (installer added)
- Steam (Wine version update)
- The Witcher Patch 1.5 (bug fix)

These installers will no longer work with PoL versions prior to 3.8.12.

Note: Due to a mistake (fixed yesterday), all Wine builds had faulty sound support, so we strongly suggest that you delete and reinstall PoL's Wine builds using the Manage Wine versions option.

Dragon Age 2 now works with PlayOnLinux :

We bring you this day the sequel to one of the best RPGs for PC, Dragon Age 2.

It is actually a role-playing/action game. You are Hawke, a human hailing from the city of Lothering. You can choose the gender and class of you character, before setting out on a journey to the city of Kirkwall. You can always choose your way in the dialogues and the fighting system allows you to switch between strategy and real-time action.




Bulletstorm is also now running with PlayOnLinux :

It's a first-person shooter set in a futuristic and utopic universe. You will be following Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato, members of a paramilitary group working for a futuristic confederation called Dead Echo. Unfortunately, our duo ends up stranded on planet Stygia, home of dangerous mutants.



The latest version of PlayOnLinux is: 3.8.12
To get this version, go to the download page.

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winetricks alpha 20110306 has been released

Dan Kegel has released WineTricks 20110306
Another fortnight, another Winetricks.

Version 20110306-alpha has a slightly cleaned up gui,
a handful of bugfixes and sha1sum updates,
eight new games (crysis2_demo_mp, diablo2, dragonage,
masseffect2_demo, penpenxmas, rayman2_demo, sammax301_demo, and secondlife),
one new dll (dinput),
and one new setting (vd=640x480).
It removes ie68, which is no longer needed, now that ie8 works.

It isolates all apps in their own wineprefix by default now, not just games. The option --isolate-games is gone, and a new option --no-isolate was added. And finally, it's not quite as slow at putting up menus.

Changes since 20110222:

• Update disk space & time install requirements
• diablo2: waiting for updater window isn't enough, you have to wait for it to say it's finished!
• Cope with empty USERNAME, which happens when using startx.
• hegemony_gold: updated sha1sum
• Added 'folder' verb to open current wineprefix with xdg-open
• Show title of installed app rather than absolute path in comment at top, give example of how to install all prereqs
• firefox: update to 3.6.15, fix system menu.
• corefonts: Trebuc filenames have mixed case. Fixes bug winezeug-203.
• Install apps and benchmarks into their own prefixes, too. Show prefix name uniformly in window title. Move ie to dlls, call dlls 'Windows
• dlls or components'.
• Add option --no-isolate-games, make --isolate-games the default
• annihilate: actually ask permission before annihilating the wineprefix.
• gta_vc: ported, updated.
• Better fix for bug winezeug-25, should fix new bug winezeug-229
• w_download: fix progress indicator gui for locales that use , as a decimal separator. Pointed out by kmiksi. Fixes bug winezeug-232.
• Add a paragraph at the top about what tools this script uses.
• Cleaned up comments at top. Moved version ID to very top.
• vc2005trial: update workarounds for wine-1.3.15
• Last changeset was missing wildcards on two patterns
• Speed up common case of w_pathconv -u 3x by writing it in shell. Suggestion by Christian Storgaard.
• rayman2_demo: new verb. Based on a patch by Shannon.
• Make --optout take effect earlier.
• winetricks_stats_init: always quote W_CACHE
• dinput: new verb by Shannon, for winehq bug 21159
• vd=640x480: new verb, by Shannon
• diablo2: ported and updated. (Next up: diablo2bc, battle chest version.)
• crysis2_demo_mp: fix non-q mode, use SetWinDelay to simplify. Patch by Phil.
• W_CACHE_WIN should just be a drive letter and colon in wine penpenxmas: new verb (based on a patch by Manpreet Sangha)
• crysis2_demo_mp: new verb by Austin
• sammax301_demo: new verb by Phil
• secondlife: ported and updated
• w_download: autohotkey's download server doesn't like curl's user agent, so use a more common one
• masseffect2_demo: partly fix windows install. (Clicks still not working.)
• w_mount: Port support for windows mounts of iso volumes.
• winetricks_read_volume_name: hexdump is not portable, use od instead
• w_read_key: create directory before storing key
• sims3: update to latest version, mention drm problem as showstopper
• masseffect2: mark as broken drm.
• masseffect2, masseffect2_demo: move workaround descriptions into
• w_workaround arg.
• masseffect2_demo: port verb
• firefox4: updated to beta12
• dragonage: ported verb. Flickers terribly in movies for me :-(
• osmos_demo: bug 24416 fixed in 1.3.8
• w_warn: in -q mode, time out after 5 seconds.
• Get rid of debug print.
• sims3: if we want menus to work, we have to install dotnet20.
• Move sudo detect after gui detect; fixes running winetricks-alpha from system menu
• ie68: no longer needed, now that ie8 works
• w_warn: text passed to zenity must be escaped
• ie8: make -q not fail install test.
• Fix --gui option, which was ignored because variable was reset after option was processed
• winetricks_set_wineprefix: Comment out debug print
• annihilate: only delete .desktop files.
• Use localized name for Desktop directory.
• Move silent option to top level menu
• ie8: set TabProcGrowth=0 to avoid hang. Fixes winezeug bug 159. Thanks to MatthiasLichter.
• Fix running on cygwin (W_DRIVE_C was wrong)

Download url:
http://winetricks.org/winetricks-alpha

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