> On 04/15/2014 11:17 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am getting a lot of fix notices on Wine bugs I have
>> reported.  Problem: EPEL only will spin the even numbered
>> releases and Wine is on 1.7.  (I have asked EPEL to spin
>> 1.7, but got no response.)
>>
>> Anyone know of a spin for 1.7 out there that they trust?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>>
>> Wine is SOOOOOO buggy.  It is nice to finally get some
>> bugs fixed, especially since some of them are over two
>> years old.

On 04/15/2014 01:07 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:> Have you looked at the 
professionally supported implementation of Wine:
 >
 > http://www.codeweavers.com/
 >
 > I have the Codeweavers package installed, but because of the limitations
 > of wine
 > (http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name), I use the
 > resource more intensive route:
 > VirtualBox with MS Win (currently, 7 Pro) installed thereunder and MS
 > Win applications running "native" under
 > (virtualized) MS Win.
 >
 > Yasha Karant
 >

Hi Yasha,

I have looked at Code Weavers several times.  It is just
Wine with some fancy eye candy.  When you want a bug
fixed, you have to pay for it and I am a one man shop
not capable of spending that kind of money.  (With what
I could spend, they could maybe work on it for 45 minutes.)

I use KVM for my virtual machines and do wind up having
to run some Windows code inside them.  Mostly in XP,
as I find Windows 7 (W7) and Frankenstein 8 (F8) to be a tad
on the SSSSSSLLLLLOOOOOOWWWWWW side.  Buggy too.

-T

Oh man F8 is a stinker!

Oh my goodness, I just counted all my virtual machines.
I am up to twelve now!  Yikes.

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