Состоялся релиз CrossOver 15.0 для запуска Win32-приложений под Linux и OS X

Компанией CodeWeavers был выпущен CrossOver 15.0. Этот пакет основан на программном коде коде Wine 1.8-rc и представляет собой оболочку для запуска программ под Windows на платформах Linux и OS X. Также он позволяет запускать игры, что для многих пользователей является решающим фактором при выборе операционной системы.

В новой версии разработчики обновили пользовательский интерфейс программы под Linux и переработали установщик под Linux и OS X. За счёт использования звукового сервера PulseAudio удалось повысить качество звука. Также они улучшили поддержку Microsoft Office и добавили поддержку ряда новых программ, в частности, программы контроля финансов Quicken 2016.

Отметим, что вышеупомянутый Wine представляет собой программную прослойку, позволяющую выполнять Win32-приложения на Linux и OS X. При этом Wine не является эмулятором в чистом виде, хотя некоторыми программами и распознаётся таковым, поскольку технически представляет собой вариант виртуальной машины, которая сообщается с основной системой.

CrossOver является платной программой, однако возможность запускать большую часть привычных программ и игр на других платформах зачастую нивелирует этот «недостаток». Для всех остальных есть Wine в виде отдельного приложения.

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CodeWeavers has released CrossOver 15 for Linux and Mac

CODEWEAVERS LAUNCHES CROSSOVER 15
Update includes latest Wine 1.8 and new user interface

SAINT PAUL, Minn (December 8, 2015)  CodeWeavers, Inc., developer of CrossOver the easiest, fastest way to run Windows software on Mac and Linux announced today the release of CrossOver 15. With CrossOver 15, you can run thousands of Windows software titles, without the need for a Windows OS license.

CrossOver 15 incorporates the latest release of Wine, the open-source technology that allows Windows applications to be run on Unix. Wine 1.8 incorporates more than a year worth of improvements since the last major release of Wine. This includes better support for PulseAudio, better video decoding, improved OLE embedding, and many other improvements. The net effect is that CrossOver 15 users will be able to run many more Windows applications, with enhancements to their performance and graphics.

CrossOver 15 also contains notable improvements to its graphical user interface. The Mac GUI has been enhanced with a new tool for installing Windows software, improving and simplifying this process. This completes the overhaul of the Mac GUI that was begun with CrossOver 14. The Linux GUI has also been completely re-written to offer substantial improvements in simplicity, a more modern feel, and more congruency with the Mac GUI.

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.

CrossOver 15 Changelog :

 15.0.0 CrossOver - December 8, 2015

• Mac OS X:
  • The User Interface of CrossOver's Software Installer has been redone. Installing applications with CrossOver is simpler than ever before.
  • CrossOver now includes a High Resolution Mode to allow compatible Windows applications to take full advantage of Macs with Retina displays.
  • CrossOver now requires OS X 10.8 or greater. CrossOver 15 will not run on OS X 10.7 or earlier versions.
• Linux:
  • CrossOver now uses PulseAudio for sound if it is available on the system.
  • CrossOver has a completely redone User Interface on Linux.
• Application Support:
  • Quicken 2016 now runs in CrossOver.
• General Improvements:
  • Wine 1.8 brings thousands of updates to CrossOver's core compatibility with Windows applications.
  • Dual screen Linux setups will run Microsoft Office better than before.

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Wine 1.8-rc3 Released

The WineHQ Wine development release 1.8-rc3 is now available.

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 1.8-rc3 (total 40):

   8775  spider solitaire from XP fails to flash card when you ask for hint
   9491  CListCtrl:GetSubItemRect doesn't work for the label row
   9919  Microsoft Access Snapshot Viewer 10.0 install fails (GetPrivateProfileString16 must only return valid key names)
  11627  Need for Speed 2 SE 3dfx demo fails to start
  15083  ReadConsoleInputW() returns wrong values for CTRL+SPACE
  15866  MechCommander 2: DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL errors
  20480  Soldier of Fortune II Multiplayer Main Menu won't show up (ATI specific)
  22922  Black and White 2 1.2 is slow, gives GL errors
  24388  Exposure 3.0 crashes while creating exposure image
  26317  AVRStudio 4 installer fails, reports 'The application is already installed'
  27165  ffdshow A/V config tool: drop-down list doesn't appear
  29595  Microsoft Software Jukebox needs  HKLM\Software\Classes\Applications\iexplore.exe\shell\open\command key
  29788  Microsoft Word 2007 needs unimplemented function propsys.dll.PSGetPropertyDescriptionListFromString for saving a file when winver set to Vista or later
  32621  Mouse pointer jumps on opening/closing WinUAE settings window
  34086  MS Paint shows some images messed up.
  35330  Typo: "in a separate windows" on the Man Page (at http://www.winehq.org/docs/wine )
  35941  ncurses is installed but not detected by configure.
  36345  TGB Dual 8.3 ( Game Boy/Game Boy COLOR emulator) crashes when loading a ROM
  37308  PCB123 v2.1.0.7000: slow screen redrawing
  37894  EarthQuake3D (Earthquake monitor) fails to update data, reports 'Error: Server Connection Problem'
  38559  GTA4: crash after benchmark has completed
  38633  SiN Gold (GOG.com) intro videos get frozen
  38851  Wine64 build produces extra warning in secur32 comparing to Wine32 build
  38926  WineHQ should build vanilla Wine binary packages of the biweekly releases for major distros
  38974  Red Faction Guerilla: texture smearing at the side of the screen
  38993  Memory Blocks for Windows 3.x has missing tile animation
  39465  Gif Movie Gear 2.63 about window's gif only animates when mouse is moving (ReleaseDC should force surface flush when main thread is idling)
  39564  Paranormal State: Poison Spring (Steam) crashes on exit with built-in msctf.dll
  39580  AVISave[A,W] is using va_* instead of __ms_va_* definitions for va_list
  39600  Bad sound with Steam Games
  39607  Broken Image in Fitting Window.
  39634  Git v2.6.3 (MSYS2 based): 'rebase.exe' fails on post-install steps (commit page when handling stack fault)
  39670  Eclipse (Europa) does not start
  39673  Logical error in comparison (misprint)
  39683  CreateRestrictedToken() uses wrong enum value for default impersonation level
  39691  TI Derive 6 hangs when clicking on the edit menu item
  39693  SQLBindCol prototype is wrong
  39705  Some programs crash/hang when switching desktop screens
  39706  Gazillionaire (Win16 game using VB3 runtime) refuses to start
  39719  Alex Hunter (hidden object game): custom mouse pointer gets stuck (temporarily) when hitting the top of the screen

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Twin Cities entrepreneur seeks a uneeq marketing approach

Touchfire keyboard cases for Apple iPad tablets are among a still-modest selection of products on the Uneeq tech-retail site, a Minneapolis effort that is debuting this week. (Touchfire)

Does the Internet need another tech-retail site with gadgets and software for sale? Michael Wray thinks so -- provided such a site is unique.

The Minneapolis man this week is launching Uneeq, a tech-retail site he hopes eventually will impress geekier consumers with an interest in offbeat gizmos and software at often steep discounts.
It's early days for Uneeq, however. The site still doesn't have much of an inventory. Its initial marquee offering is a Macintosh-software "bundle" with eight titles for a combined cost of about $30, which would usually sell for $228 or so.

Other software options include a pair of Smile Software apps for the Macintosh, PDFPen and TextExpander. Hardware offerings include an assortment of Touchfire-branded keyboard cases for Apple iPad tablets, along with an emergency flashlight and several device-charging products.
That's pretty much it.

Wray, a veteran Apple-software retailer, said he is not concerned about eventually getting Uneeq's product selection fleshed out.

Wray said he ran into a not-unexpected problem: Convincing the makers of tech products to ally themselves with a site that didn't yet exist. Now that Uneeq is live on the Web, he is confident that he'll have more vendors soon.

Wray's reputation will surely help. He's been operating Minneapolis-based Mariner Software for more than a decade, and the company itself goes back a quarter-century. Wray's role at Mariner continues, but he said he hungered to start something new.

To that end, he has entirely "bootstrapped" the Uneeq venture himself, in a collaboration with his Mariner Software business partner Dusty Fields. So far, he hasn't needed venture capital or angel investors.

"I was able to call in some favors from friends and associates" for marketing, business-strategy and technical assistance, he said. "No money, though. Starting a company doesn't necessarily need to be an expensive venture, if you know what you are doing."

For Wray, Uneeq "has been an itch that needed scratching, to launch something other than a software company." Wray anticipates the company will become largely a tech-gadget purveyor with an Apple-centric, young-adult male clientele.

At the same time, Uneeq is following the time-honored tradition of offering software bundles -- sets of complementary apps sold together at sharp discounts, often with hugely successful results.
The Mac-software bundle now on Uneeq's home page is a sign of what is likely to come, Wray said.

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Wine 1.8-rc2 has been Released

The WineHQ Wine development release 1.8-rc2 is now available.

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 1.8-rc2 (total 45):

   5627  Install can not find WORDPAD for README
   6176  Rhino 3D v3 (CAD app) crashes on startup (OpenGL/DIB driver needs to return max index for NULL PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR)
   9095  DM Genie 2.x fails on startup with 'ITypeInfo_fnInvoke failed to convert param 1 to VT_VARIANT|VT_ARRAY|VT_BYREF from VT_I2|VT_BYREF'
   9435  MDI child window outside main window gives scrollbars
  18378  NFS 4 Road Challenge: Installation of 4.50 patch fails
  20948  Eclipse (Europa) Links from Welcome window do not work
  22417  Roblox fails to start games, reports 'RobloxApp(13): Unknown error 0x800703E6'
  22691  Drag-and-drop doesn't work in CDBurnerXP 4.2+ audio disc mode
  24208  Eclipse (Europa) - html-based Welcome window is blank
  24473  IRPF Bolsa software doesn't work
  24747  MP3VCR 0.4.17 (VB6 app) crashes when clicking 'presets' button or doing other actions (change skin, load radio station)
  25064  Solo on Keyboard 9.0.5: Clicking on HTML page no effect.
  28029  Gunz launcher runs explorer instead of the game's launcher
  28589  Poor performance in Diner Dash 5
  31537  Encore 5 crashes when opening .enc files
  31629  Diner Dash 2: Moving mouse causes graphics to jump around
  31998  Avseq crashes in menu when multisampling enabled in Wine
  32006  Multiple games and applications need 'IDXGIOutput::GetDesc' method implementation (Direct3D10 SDK samples, Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012)
  33258  Visio 2010 and Office 2010 can't be installed in the same prefix
  33720  user32:menu
  33736  Excel Viewer 2007: "Open" button does not work on Vista+
  34175  Shift-backspace doesn't work as backspace in cmd
  35418  some drawing operations in Mixcraft 6 are very slow with client-side graphics enabled
  35422  Dashlane (password and forms-fill manager) fails to install
  35610  The of user32:msg tests fail in the Hebrew locale
  35655  3Dmark 2000 shows considerable performance drop after Wine 1.7.13 (expensive GetPixelFormat() called too frequently)
  35734  Pokemon Zeta 1.3.28 crashes on startup (ASProtect SKE v2.72)
  35975  Comanche 3 shows only gray screen
  36081  mshtml/dom test crashes
  36086  Installation of Half-Life Opposing Force fails due to file "ereg.dll" being read-only
  36900  Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Clone Campaigns: no video (regression)
  36932  BreezeBrowser: cannot expand directories in file browser
  36970  Blue Iris 3.x (video surveillance software) crashes after 30 seconds
  37358  FEAR 1: Installer says "wrong serial" even if entered correctly
  37859  BOINC 6.x/7.x take a long time to "start" when launched from boincmgr
  37939  Keyboard doesnt work for Project IGI 2
  37944  Origin's updater crashes before finishing the download process
  38669  IBM Endpoint Manager (IEM) Console 9.1 installer hangs at 'Evaluating launch conditions' stage
  39039  Popup tooltips missing and buttons don't work on mageia.org/en/downloads/
  39247  user32:sysparams fails in a Japanese locale
  39445  Drag and drop in Foxit Reader doesn't work anymore
  39536  Multiple games render black/garbled screen when anti-aliasing enabled (Guild Wars, Eve Online, Gear Grinder)
  39635  Hungarian Excel Viewer 2007: "Open" dialog on Win8 does not refresh correctly
  39648  MTA: San Andreas 1.5: failure to process 64-bit FairplayKD.sys driver IRPs due to incorrect alignment/packing of I/O manager structures
  39665  dinput: MotoGP 3 demo fails to accept key presses to control the driver.

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CrossOver 14.1.11 для Mac OS

 CrossOver 14.1.11 для Mac OS - Программа, позволяющая запускать многие приложения, написанные для ОС Microsoft Windows в Mac OS X, причём наличие при этом установленной Windows не требуется. CrossOver отличается от Wine более узкой направленностью: он нацелен на поддержку наиболее востребованных офисных и иных приложений Windows, таких как Microsoft Office разных версий, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, Adobe Photoshop и другие. Но зато совместимость с этими приложениями тщательно тестируется и отлаживается, так что их работа обычно бывает стабильнее, чем в Wine.

А если вы используете этот скидочный код ( TOM23 ) вы можете сэкономить дополнительные 20% от $20.95 цене.

Mariner Software Paperless at 40% off for Black Friday Cyber Monday Sale

The folks over at Mariner Software are having a Black Friday, Cyber Monday Sale. This sale offers a instant 40% savings off the extremely popular Mariner Paperless product for Mac and Windows.

About Paperless 2.3.3

Paperlessis a digital documents manager. Remember when everyone talked about how we would soon be a paperless society? Now it seems like we use paper more than ever. Let's face it - we need and we use paper. But Paperless 2 is one of those incredibly useful applications that will help you manage all your paper and digital documents and at the same time positively affect the environment.

When it's tax time no more bringing a shoe box full of receipts to your accountant. According to ruling Rev. Proc. 97-22 from the IRS, a digital document is acceptable. With Paperless 2 you can create a Smart Collection and keep all your documents neat and tidy and in one place. Additionally, once you store your receipts in Paperless 2, you can select the receipts to email, print, or export to PDF, or even show as a chart.

Paperless 2 has the ability to keep up and maintain the task of not only reducing your need for paper but managing the paper you use. Simply scan your receipts, bills, statements, warranty cards, business cards - any paper document and the OCR function of Paperless 2 recognizes the data and adds it to the Details Window. The built-in search functionality even lets you find and organize receipts and documents into Smart Collections. Already have your documents as PDFs or other file formats? No problem. Simply drag and drop them into Paperless 2. By taking your paper receipts, product manuals and other documents and creating an electronic record you've already reduced your need for paper.

To avail the 40% off sale just use coupon code ( plblfr ) in Mariners online store and get instant savings this holiday season.

After this sale ends you can use any of these 4 coupons in Mariners online store and save between 5% and 25% off the retail price of new purchases or one of the 5 pack bundles.

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