WineTricks 20170517 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.

 

Putty for Mac

$15.00

Lutris 0.4.10 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 :

• Remove PCSX-R runner
• Migrate PCSX-R games to use PCSX Rearmed on RetroArch
• Fix game config being overidden if edited while the game is running
• Fix Y Axis mapping for the Dual Shock 3 in X360CE
• Add dinput8 option for X360CE for games requiring it (Dead Space 2,
  Darksiders, ...)
• Add dialog to optionally sync Steam and XDG desktop shortcuts at startup
• (Re)add ScummVM import
• Reenable Lutris runtime by default for Dolphin
• Update Winetricks (Fixes .NET 3.5 installation)
• Avoid a crash if Wine prefix is not created
• Update Wine and Steam icons
• Add support for lutris:rungame/... and lutris:install/... urls
• Always instanciate the client's window even when installing or launching
  a game
• Stop Lutris process monitor instantly when all child processes have quit,
  speeds up game installs and prevents zombie processes.
• Display real time console output in the game log dialog
• Display real time console output during game installations
• Add option to launch the Steam client instead of the game in Wine Steam

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The WineHQ Wine development release 2.8 is now available for Linux and Mac

The WineHQ Wine development release 2.8 is now available for Linux and Mac

What's new in this release:

• Direct3D command stream runs asynchronously.
• Better serial and parallel ports autodetection.
• Still more fixes for high DPI settings.
• System tray notifications on macOS.
• 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 2.8 (total 35):

  11811  Multiple applications fail to enumerate serial ports ('HKLM\\HARDWARE\\DeviceMap\\Serialcomm' registry entries)(Coastal Explorer, GPS apps, HyperTerminal)
  30105  Chessbase Ludwig 3: MS Visual C++ Runtime Error
  32155  MS Office 2007 SP3 installation needs msi.dll.MsiGetPatchFileListW
  34551  Necrovision demo sometimes crashes with builtin d3dx9
  34977  WinDjView: missing checkbox in the set as default viewer dialog
  36820  Multiple games (Rift, dynamarisa, ShipSimulator 2008 demo) crash on startup (ID3DXBaseEffect::GetPassDesc returns NULL ptr for vertex and pixel shader function)
  37811  Xvid 1.3.x installer MPEG-4 Video Codec 'xvid.ax' registration fails (crash on unimplemented function mfplat.dll.MFTRegister)
  39309  Prism Video Converter v2.48 crashes on unimplemented function mfplat.dll.MFTEnum
  39314  WAtomic: Black OpenGL (wgl) components
  39936  Toad Data Modeler v5.4.8.1 fails to install (needs 'Scriptlet.TypeLib' object, CLSID '{06290BD5-48AA-11D2-8432-006008C3FBFC}')
  40955  Steam version of Left 4 Dead 2 v2.1.4.6 crashes randomly in Multiplayer because of a certificate problem in the MOTD
  41796  Fill Up! (freely downloadable game) crashes when creating a player profile
  42035  WindBot needs msvcp120.?_2@placeholders@std@@3V?$_Ph@$01@2@A
  42478  Undeclared O_CLOEXEC use in qcap DLL
  42605  B4J (Basic 4 Java) crashes when click menu
  42652  CryptCreateHash error NTE_FAIL after CryptImportKey(public-key)
  42712  Image-Bugs in Guild Wars 2 (Guild emblem)
  42835  redefinition of typedef 'WSD*'
  42838  Steuer-Spar-Erklärung 2017 crashes on launch
  42905  Compile error Undefined GNUTLS_MAC_AEAD
  42919  Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut crashes (purist)
  42923  Neverwinter Online new module crashes with wine-2.7-staging
  42925  strftime() truncates output inappropriately when %z is used
  42926  Cut-and-paste from Wine App to Linux App adds trailing hidden chars ^@^@
  42935  Dawn of War III crashes with unimplemented function concrt140.dll.??0scoped_lock_read@reader_writer_lock@Concurrency@@QEAA@AEAV12@@Z,
  42946  FFXIV fails to render (D3D11)
  42962  Multiple games use unimplemented d3d11_immediate_context_ClearState() (FFXIV, Gauntlet)
  42965  BeamNG.drive 0.9.x crashes on unimplemented function api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-2.d.CreateFileMappingW
  42975  Graphical glitches on Age of Empires
  42986  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (amstream/mediastream.c)
  42990  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (d3dx9_36/effect.c)
  42991  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (dmusic/port.c)
  42992  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (dwrite/opentype.c)
  42995  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (netprofm/list.c)
  42996  wine can't be compiled by gcc-2.95.4 (programs/ipconfig/ipconfig.c)

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New Putty for Mac FAQ

Here is a FAQ about 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 OSX 10.11 or higher. Please see the FAQ entry about running Putty on OSX 10.8, 10.9 and 10.10 below.

(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 OSX 10.12 Sierra?
(A) YES! See :  http://osxdaily.com/2016/09/27/allow-apps-from-anywhere-macos-gatekeeper/

(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 downloaded and installed Putty but I get a security warning when trying to run it, what's up?
(A) If you try to open an app that is not registered with Apple by an identified developer you get a warning dialog. This doesn’t necessarily mean that something’s wrong with the app. For example, some apps were written before developer ID registration began.

To override your security settings and open the app anyway:

1. In the Finder, locate the app you want to open.
   Don’t use Launchpad to do this. Launchpad doesn’t allow you to access the shortcut menu.
2. Press the Control key and click the app icon, then choose Open from the shortcut menu.
3. Click Open.
   The app is saved as an exception to your security settings, and you can open it in the future by double-clicking it just as you can any registered app.

Note:   Another way to grant an exception for a blocked app is to click the “Open Anyway” button on the Security pane of System Preferences. This button is available for about an hour after you try to open the app. To open this pane, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Security & Privacy.

Example Screenshots 

 Follow the above instructions and Putty should run as expected.

UPDATE 5/8/17 When version 8.0 is released it will be signed by Apple as a known application developed by a known developer. This entry will then be removed as it will no longer be relevant.

(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 8.5 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 released under?
(A) The Putty executable and source code are 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 just $15.00 and can be purchased here.