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Darwine allows Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows applications. The Darwine project intends to port and develop WINE as well as other supporting tools that will allow Darwin and Mac OS X users to run Windows Applications, and to provide a Win32 API compatibility at application source code level.

These are unofficial builds of Darwine. Darwine is the OS X flavour of WINE. Official 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 Darwine runs on Tiger and Leopard, only Intel processor, sorry.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1.21:
  • Support for IRDA protocol.
  • Faster initial wineprefix creation.
  • Axis remapping with evdev joysticks.
  • More image formats in WindowsCodecs.
  • Various bug fixes.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:kronenberg.org
Downloads:38,096
  - Version d/l:2,740
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:01 Jul 2008
Platform:Intel
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Jul 3 2008

MARCV  Updating X11 helps: http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki

It's called Xquartz now...  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 2 2008

JETFIREDX  Again no OpenGL support and so I am sure is going to be almost useless to many people who either want to run a game or have one or two 3D tools they use in Windows that they would rather not reboot to run. (Parallels 3D support is laughable last I checked, and VMWare is passable but it still means running the whole OS just to get at that "one application.")  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 1 2008

MARCV  http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/

has a newer build.  
(Version 0.9.27 DP)

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Aug 22 2007

MATTETH  Here's an Intel version:

http://thisismyinter.net/?p=11

Works pretty well!  
(Version 0.9.27 DP)

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Jun 6 2007

JOHNNY ROCKET  there is supposedly an intel version but I tried every download mirror they have listed and none of them work. Is this even being developed anymore???  
(Version 0.9.27 DP)

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Jun 25 2007

PHOEBUS  There are now a few IntelMac versions around (none of which seem to have made it onto MacUpdate). Try http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/  
(Version 0.9.27 DP)

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Mar 7 2006

JETFIREDX  I can't wait to see the Qemu CPU emulation built into this... probably wouldn't be as bad as running a full emulator because Wine can redirect 3D to the hardware and you aren't emulating everything that the full system hardware has to be doing right?

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.)  
(Version 0.9.9 DP)

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Mar 7 2006

DRAELREN  E_COMMERCE, did you try playing a recent pc game with it and if yes, does it work smoothly?

That would be the reason #1 for me to get a new intel mac, playing pc games like with wine on linux.  
(Version 0.9.9 DP)

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Mar 7 2006
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E_COMMERCE  Very interesting. On my MacBook Pro (x86 based) it runs normal Windows exe's without too much fuss. Darwine is nicely packaged into a bundle with all of the Wine frameworks, and an application to facilitate launching Windows exe's.

I had no problem running the included clones of RegEdit, Notepad, etc. I was also able to start up VirtualDub (it complained about a bag switch being passed - looks like paths aren't being converted or escaped properly in all cases), but it crashed when trying to play a file. iTunes setup also crashed, but from what I've heard, it's very difficult to get iTunes running in Wine.

The "look" of Wine is kludgy - a very Windows 95ish interface with bad fonts and color settings, all inside X11 windows. I can't say that aspect will impress anyone.

For my needs (replacing a work PC), I'm waiting for true virtualization software that will allow running a full Windows OS, where I don't have to worry about how well reverse-engineered the OS is (I just have to worry about how well it was written to begin with). This is still a very interesting start, and may work for those who just need to run a few non-demanding Windows applications.  
(Version 0.9.9 DP)

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Mar 19 2006

SPYKER3292  hey it runs windows exes why can't it look like windows.  
(Version 0.9.10 DP)

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Mar 12 2007

LEIFH  try parallels desktop  
(Version 0.9.12 DP)

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Mar 7 2006

MITCH_DE  ??Am i right that, other than X86 WINE, Darine canĀ“t use normal .EXE Files . Only that ones who are compiled (recomplied with wine.lib) for PPC usage ?  
(Version 0.9.9 DP)

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Feb 13 2006

LISULAN  I like the soft of window to use on mac.  
(Version 0.9.7DP)

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