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Wine allows Mac OS X users to run Windows applications.
These are unofficial builds of Wine. Official Wine/Darwine builds are "a little bit" offsync to the regular WINE releases, that's why I build it myself. Additionally, these come with a built-in freetype library for correct fontmetrics and antialiasing. This build of Wine/Darwine runs on Tiger and Leopard, only Intel processor, sorry.
These are unofficial builds of Wine. Official Wine/Darwine builds are "a little bit" offsync to the regular WINE releases, that's why I build it myself. Additionally, these come with a built-in freetype library for correct fontmetrics and antialiasing. This build of Wine/Darwine runs on Tiger and Leopard, only Intel processor, sorry.
What's New
Version 1.2.3:
- Translation updates.
- Various bug fixes.
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- X11
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Wine allows Mac OS X users to run Windows applications.
These are unofficial builds of Wine. Official Wine/Darwine builds are "a little bit" offsync to the regular WINE releases, that's why I build it myself. Additionally, these come with a built-in freetype library for correct fontmetrics and antialiasing. This build of Wine/Darwine runs on Tiger and Leopard, only Intel processor, sorry.
These are unofficial builds of Wine. Official Wine/Darwine builds are "a little bit" offsync to the regular WINE releases, that's why I build it myself. Additionally, these come with a built-in freetype library for correct fontmetrics and antialiasing. This build of Wine/Darwine runs on Tiger and Leopard, only Intel processor, sorry.
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mymon reviewed on 07 Apr 2012
Sometimes you need to get into it to make thinks working but its worth to play!
Once you understand how the bottles work and what your app requires to work you can get even .NET software working (which made me to use virtual Windows before)
If you get into it you may find that you don't need Windows at all (Im not using VMware/VirtualBox/Parallels any more as all I want finally works)
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JCH2 reviewed on 09 Feb 2012
http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/
Overall, since Wine cannot adequately support .NET, there's a lot more at a loss than OpenGL to consider... and a lot of apps outside such drivers that will likely never run in Wine.
If you have a copy of the guest OS you need for your app, VirtualBox is the way to go if you need free virtual machines.
https://www.virtualbox.org/
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However, if you have access to a Windows DVD and serial number, then VirtualBox or VMware or Parallels will definitely be the better way to go. (I'm a VMware person, myself).
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The strength of Wine is that you don't need any copy of Windows. With the 'free' (and for sure well running Open Source) VirtualBox you still need a legal Windows version! That's a very great nuance don't you think?
Wine is in my opinion a great way to run my Windows games or apps in OS X with Quartz... And with the Beta package program, available at the developer website, I can put my Windows game or app in a OS X style launch icon as if it's a a native OS X application.
I believe you better compare Wine with the commercial CrossOver project and not VirtualBox.
Sincerely.
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I'm agree with you for 100% (I'm a Parallels 7 and Boot Camp person). Not every app or game will work with Wine... You need to boot in Windows for that (native or via virtualization). Still, even then you're not 100% sure ;-) But that also counts for some OS X apps :D
Never the less, I can run many of my apps just with Wine!
Maybe not that easy and/or user friendly when compared with a virtualization app in combination with a Windows version. But for a free Open Source Project I'm happy with the Wine Project...
Sincerely.
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It's called Xquartz now...
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has a newer build.
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http://thisismyinter.net/?p=11
Works pretty well!
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1. Why make it for PPC if it's useless?
2. I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT AND START USING IT!
I don't have time to fuss with this or that library, such-and-such executable, or this-little-tarbundle, or whichever frigging file it wants. I just want to drop an EXE on and watch it work, that's it.
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palmharbor reviewed on 12 Oct 2006
Don't waste your hard drive space on this thing.
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This app just isn't for you.
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Sample applications worked flawlessly on my dual 1.8 G5 under 10.4.5. Get the CPU emulation in there (until I can afford a new Intel Mac) and I can dump the PC next to me that has been giving me trouble! (As almost everything I want to run works in Wine under Linux anyway.)
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my SQL serve Dont starUp!!
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Macs007 rated on 10 Feb 2012
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Dokter_mac rated on 09 Feb 2012
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M-Rick rated on 19 Jan 2011