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1 • Non Native apps etc (by zephyr on 2021-06-21 01:22:02 GMT from United States)
For one use only what is in the repos, Safe, simple and always the best solution.
2 • WINE (by Charlie on 2021-06-21 02:17:57 GMT from Hong Kong)
I don't use WINE on Linux now, cause it requires a bucnh of 32-but libraries to be installed, which feels not good.
3 • No need for WINE (by cor on 2021-06-21 02:21:30 GMT from United States)
I don't use any windows programs.
4 • I use Crossover (by Matt on 2021-06-21 03:11:11 GMT from United States)
It is still WINE, but I use Crossover from Codeweavers.
5 • Isolating WINE programs (by Joseph on 2021-06-21 03:30:09 GMT from United States)
With WINE, the C:\ drive might map to the home directory, but by default it includes a Z:\ drives which maps to root. At the bare minimum with an untrusted program one should delete this drive mapping. One should also use wine prefixes to isolate programs using WINE from each other.
I haven't tried it, but Firejail could be used to isolate processes:
https://firejail.wordpress.com/
6 • no need for wine (by papapito on 2021-06-21 04:31:43 GMT from Australia)
I was only ever using wine for games and realised that I spent more time messing about with Steam, Proton-GE, Lutris (all items I appreciate individually) than I actually did playing games, switched to gaming only on console and everything has been much less of a headache since.
7 • 32-bit WINE (by Andre on 2021-06-21 06:11:28 GMT from Canada)
@2 You can, technically, package WINE without any 32-bit library dependencies. The reason most maintainers don't is because so many Windows applications are still 32-bit. Even those that are 64-bit often use 32-bit installers or libraries.
I don't personally use any non-native software, but there are others in my household who do; so tools like DOSBox and WINE are useful to have installed. For my casual gaming needs, there are more than enough native ports of old games to keep me busy for a lifetime.
8 • Wine uh uh (by Romane on 2021-06-21 08:39:37 GMT from Australia)
Once upon a time, in the migration from Windows to Linux, there were what I regarded at the time as "must have" applications. Decade or so ago now, so WINE was not as "modern" as it is now - but it served my purpose, and mostly ran what I thought I needed. I say mostly - the odd few glitches, but that was expected at that time.
WINE has long since been abandoned - I have zero need for anything from Microsoft, everything is available native for Linux in one way or another. There are other substitutes for schtuff since WINE came into useful functionality, and as there is only one of these "things" now that I actually do need, the version from Flatpak has proven reliable. Snap - never had success running anything from there. Have tried AppImage, and it seemed to generally work well, but not anything that I actually need, so that too lies in my past.
9 • Wine and Boot (by Matt E on 2021-06-21 09:06:43 GMT from United States)
Wine:
Wine rarely works for me. It seems its focus is games. For productivity apps, if it works, it's not stable enough for production use. With DOSBox, running old DOS apps like WordPerfect is plenty stable, but it's only for my entertainment. In the end there is nothing I need that isn't already in the Linux repository. When providing IT support, I try to get people on Linux, but there is always that one person with the must have, convoluted, super-duper Excel macro or obscure accounting software. I did get some ancient (Win 95) accounting software to work in Wine. It was only for data recovery. Wine was very handy in that case.
CloudReady:
CloudReady has always booted for me. What's the DistroWatch policy on getting an evaluation to boot? Seems that you all don't put much effort into getting a distro to boot. Is one shot and that's it? This could be an understandable policy. Just curious.
10 • Wine (by Guido on 2021-06-21 09:12:17 GMT from Philippines)
If you really need Windows and a Windows program, try a dual boot with Windows and Linux from the same hard drive. Personally, I deleted Windows on my computers. Linux has everything I need.
11 • Booting (by Jesse on 2021-06-21 10:16:44 GMT from Canada)
@9 : "CloudReady has always booted for me. What's the DistroWatch policy on getting an evaluation to boot? Seems that you all don't put much effort into getting a distro to boot."
I'll try any obvious boot options twice in both test environments. So, for example, if a distro has a live boot option and a failsafe graphics boot options, then I'll attempt to launch it up to 16 times (two test environments X Legacy BIOS and UEFI options X two boot menu options X try everything twice to counter a glitch).
I won't do anything "heroic" to get a distro to boot. If a distro won't boot unless a kernel command line flag is adjusted manually or some undocumented setting is required then I treat that as a non-starter. If it requires the user to have inside knowledge or to stumble across a forum post to boot the OS then I assume a regular user won't get the system to load.
In this specific case I was surprised CloudReady didn't work. I ran the distro on this exact same laptop four years ago and it ran smoothly with no special adjustments or issues with the boot process: The booting issue this time around is a regression from a previous version. https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20170313#cloudready
12 • non-native applications (by James on 2021-06-21 10:34:24 GMT from United States)
I used PlayOnLinux for a short time after switching to Linux. Yet after doing some research and learning I found software to meet my needs and no longer need to do that. So I no longer run non-native applications.
13 • WINE etc (by John on 2021-06-21 10:56:37 GMT from United Kingdom)
I swapped from Windows XP to Mandrake in 2005. Firstly, I dual-booted to access my windows programmes, but shortly after I wiped Windows and set it up in Virtual Box instead. I have WINE installed which works successfully with Lotus WordPro and Serif Page Plus, but needed a virtual machine for Capella (a music notation system) which I struggled to install on WINE. Eventually, I switched to all GNU/Linux software: Musescore, LibreOffice etc., and only used Virtual Box and WINE for access to old files. Now I'm retired, and thankfully don't need Windows or any of it's software. I wish that I could have started with GNU/Linux back in 1995, then I wouldn't have had any of this palaver!
14 • TrueNAS / FreeNAS should really do NTFS (by nooneatall on 2021-06-21 10:58:05 GMT from United States)
That lack -- only ZFS -0 hampered me greatly and cost me a lot of time transferring all over the network.
As for physical security, I arranged a cord and pully so that when the closet door was opened without pulling an inconspicuous knob, it yanked the USB drive out -- effectively hid it -- and also killed the power. Then all anyone can get is an encrypted ZFS drive. Not that I'm paranoid. Or have anything to hide. Just the idea sounded fun.
15 • wine (by KK on 2021-06-21 11:43:44 GMT from United States)
Why doesnt someone make a winebox whereby you download wine as a box i.e. virtual appliance and run it.
16 • Wine use (by Mark C on 2021-06-21 11:29:44 GMT from Ukraine)
I have Wine installed but am down to only two or three very old Windows programs that run reasonably well under Wine in a firejail.
By the time MX LInux 21 is out, I hope to have made the time to script my host file updater (currently CIP.exe) and perhaps I can find something as good as Kodak Imaging from Win98. It could open 2540 dpi tiffs and easily edit/clean up received faxes.
17 • Wine (by crayola_eater on 2021-06-21 12:31:41 GMT from United States)
I pretty much always install Wine on my systems - not so much for running windows, but a few freeware programs that were written for windows: my password program, PINS; a super small and wicked fast spreadheet program, Spread32; a moon phase/info gadget, MoonTool; WinRar and WinImage; and Sumatra pdf reader. I do keep MS Wordpad.exe for those old rtf/wri files - and the calc.exe calculator.
Do I need these programs? No, there are native programs that can replace each and everyone of them (excepting maybe MoonTool). But to my eye, these old programs do a better job of being Linux KISS, and just doing one job and doing it well (and fast). And that simple fact has won them a place in my system.
18 • non-native (by wally on 2021-06-21 12:44:00 GMT from United States)
separate machine for non-native but mandatory applications
19 • Wine > Windows (by bardo on 2021-06-21 12:52:25 GMT from United States)
I never use Wine. Install Windows on its own partition. Never saw the use of Wine anyway
20 • Cloud ready and such (by Tad Strange on 2021-06-21 12:57:14 GMT from Canada)
This is the first I've heard of Cloud Ready getting swallowed up by Google. I suppose that it will either vanish or become Google's Fedora/CentOS (community concept/beta software).
I found it back in the day when we were looking both for some way of keeping old laptops useful, and to get out from under the hell of a mandate to give students admin access to their school-subsidized, but student owned laptops that IT was nevertheless responsible for maintaining. It had worked so well that the switch was made to (managed) Chromebooks within a few years.
It would still be my choice over linux for the non-savvy user who basically needs an internet kiosk. Pity that is seems to have taken a step backwards.
I dabbled with Wine years ago, but really did not find it to be more than an interesting what if. For general productivity the only thing that I might miss is Paint.NET. Krita is close, but not quite as good.
21 • WINE (by dragonmouth on 2021-06-21 13:10:40 GMT from United States)
I quit using anything Windows a long time ago. Even Windex.
22 • Wine (by Ankleface Wroughlandmire on 2021-06-21 13:15:48 GMT from Ecuador)
I have depended on Wine for the past 20 years or so to run a few high quality and essential to me Windows programs. I simply wouldn't be able to use Linux full time without it.
23 • Wine (by Quazatron on 2021-06-21 13:27:41 GMT from Portugal)
Thanks to WINE (and Proton) I have been happily gaming for years, and it gets better every day.
It does not solve all the issues with Windows games, but I do not expect it to. Multiplayer games with anti-cheat are a known pain and probably will never work but that's ok with me, I prefer solo games.
WINE will not protect you from malware. Even if it can't hurt your files directly (unless you have them mapped as a Windows disk), just having access to your network can be enough to do some damage.
24 • wine (by kc1di on 2021-06-21 13:38:15 GMT from United States)
I have one program which I use almost every day for which I have found no suitable Linux sub. I have been using playonlinux for it as it does install the program in a virtual file of sorts. Also allows me to install newer versions of wine that are not yet in the distros repositories.
Someday I'll find a Linux program that will work in it's place but hasn't happened yet.
25 • Crossover (by JRT on 2021-06-21 14:25:36 GMT from United States)
I use Wine via Crossover for one purpose only; running Quicken (2013, in my case). I've 29 years of financial information in Quicken now, and pending some absolute disaster there's no way I'll undertake the burden of getting it all into another program. It has its quirks running under Wine, like missing some commands ("Enter Loan Payment" is the big one) from menus, but when I can't manage those I'll switch to a Windows 7 installation running on Virtual Box. Windows 10 just wasn't stable under VBox when I tried it.
26 • Cloud garbage (by Pitou on 2021-06-21 14:43:13 GMT from Canada)
A day without the cloud is ... a sunny day.
27 • wine (by Otis on 2021-06-21 14:48:27 GMT from United States)
Why? Linux has all and more to offer than Windows. Perhaps as a "toe in the water" for new Linux users?
28 • @20 - Paint.NET replacement (by Uncle Slacky on 2021-06-21 17:12:04 GMT from France)
I think you'll find Pinta is more-or-less an exact copy of Paint.NET: https://www.pinta-project.com
29 • Topic (by Cheker on 2021-06-21 17:51:28 GMT from Portugal)
I never got CloudReady to boot either. Not bare metal, not VM, and I know I tried on at least 3 different occasions and different ways. Doesn't seem very Ready (I had to).
I've dabbled with WINE before but these days I kinda see it as "polluting" the OS. I still have Windows partitions and VMs for whatever I need, so I have no real use for WINE.
30 • Pinta (by Tad Strange on 2021-06-21 17:58:05 GMT from Canada)
@28 It's already looking familiar: Thanks!
I remember running the former FreeNAS on parts boxes cobbled together from disused Pentium 2/3 computers and several used 40gig drives, all running off of CF cards, via IDE adapter. That, along with Cobian Backup software was the basis for a few file server backups back in the days of little to no tech budget
It inspired more confidence than the old DAT backup tapes did, not to mention the faster recovery times (I sure don't miss tape....).
31 • WINE (by NoName on 2021-06-21 18:15:44 GMT from Spain)
I use WINE for running eMule and PopMan. There are no good alternatives for my MX and Mint Xfce systems as good as those small programmes (yes, I know aMule: it is an unusable pile of bugs).
32 • Non-native programs (by Robert on 2021-06-21 18:29:21 GMT from United States)
I use WINE via Proton extensively for gaming, and occasionally WINE directly for random modding tools.
I used to use a VM with GPU pass-through for the same purpose, and I'm not opposed to setting it up again should I run out of games that work on proton.
I gave up on dual booting long ago. Since gaming is the biggest use of my pc, I found i would just stay in Windows, never booting into Linux despite liking it better in most ways.
Other than that, I have used emulators for retrogaming. haven't done that in a while either, just because I haven't felt like it.
33 • Non-native programs (by Cranky Zlap on 2021-06-21 20:22:56 GMT from Canada)
KVM with Windows 10 LTSC, which is basically the most minimal version of Windows you can get, so it is not too resource hungry inside a VM.
34 • CloudReady, and completely unrelated thoughts on CRUX (by MeCrumbly(*\/*) on 2021-06-22 17:31:11 GMT from United States)
CloudReady ran great on my Inspiron, which usually stutters on desktop distributions running even KDE (which is known for being lean, what with all the eye-candy). I'm sorry that you couldn't get it to boot, that seems to be a problem with a lot of distributions you test (yes, I mean Jesse). it's essentially a pre-compiled chromium os image with some branding added, you aren't missing much in terms of features, but god it runs fast. like, really really quick.
(P.S., give CRUX another chance. I figured out why grub doesn't work, you have to re-name your kernel image after compilation to match the version number (4.19 stable I think), that way grub detects it. after that little slip was fixed, CRUX was running at Gentoo levels of speed. shame that I didn't have the right display drivers, then my X server wouldn't lag so much and I'd get the right experience. Prt-get, the in-built ports system/package manager (like a stripped-down portage/emerge without ^USE and other mechanics) isn't the most reliable, because you're supposed to package your own software, just warning you if you ever try installing. Hopefully, you can get KDE running on it [I couldn't, my crummy VM wasn't fast enough, and it locked up in the middle of compilation.], or at least get the proper display drivers, or something else, you're way more experienced than me in this matter :}
35 • Wine (by Clockwork Orange on 2021-06-22 19:26:53 GMT from Germany)
"More wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine?!" Yeah, it's only a shim, a combobulator for getting weendows based apps to interact with your hardware. I've used it, roll of the dice if it works or not, nothing is perfect, especially when it's free. I highly doubt one can be hacked through it, if the attacker is using the weendows based app as the counduit, that is about as far as they will get, then meh, shred the folder. Rather ingenious 'layer' if you ask me, nothing stops a determined nerd, geek, whatever. It's a big ol' middle digit to Micronowarrantyperpetualbetasoft.
36 • WINE (by Ken on 2021-06-22 19:56:26 GMT from United States)
The FOSS community has created equitable or better replacements for all Windows software I use to get my work done. I was glad to completely ditch Windows a couple years ago.
The only thing I still have are games. For those, I use WINE with the Lutris front-end. I used to use Play-on-Linux, but I found it user-unfriendly. Lutris is much more user-friendly (especially since I use the 5.7 release, the last release before they completely botched the user interface). Multiple versions of WINE and easy-to-understand configuration options are mere clicks away.
At first I struggled to get games to work in WINE. I was constantly combing through winehq and forums for various fixes and work-arounds. I was proud of myself for getting Lord of the Rings Online to chug along with DirectX9 compatibility after days and days of trying, ugly as it was (now, it pretty much works right "out of the box" in WINE with DXVK providing full DirectX10/11 features and great performance).
The last few years, with the explosion of development in DXVK, Proton, and WINE, getting new games to work is often a matter of installing and running, no fixes needed. The older the game is the more problems I might run into, but that would be the same with Windows too.
37 • wine (by dave on 2021-06-23 18:44:47 GMT from United States)
tl;dr -- if you want to run new Windows programs, just suck it up and stick with Windows. If you want to run old Windows programs, use Wine.
Mostly used Wine years ago, for Steam and few games. In the old days, I would have Windows Steam just for Counter Strike Source. CSS worked almost perfectly for years before there was a Linux version of Steam, Source games, etc.
This notion that Wine 'barely works' doesn't jibe with my own experience. I started using Wine when it was relatively new and even in the early years, most of what I threw at it worked without (serious) problems. 90+% of problems could be solved. Wine often requires some customizing to get what you want out of it and each program will have different requirements. I think that is what throws people off. Folks usually don't realize they are missing something trivial; a .dll or something.
Nowadays, I will usually have Wine installed, but it seldom gets used. Mostly for old freeware tools that aren't available anywhere else and most of those are simply nostalgia trips. I can definitely live without it. I recently found an old copy of Office 97 and pulled Word from the disc-- lightweight, loaded immediately, ran perfectly and felt more responsive than LibreOffice Writer. Didn't try to print, but everything else worked. I mastered Gimp years ago, but I recall that Wine will run Photoshop CS2 perfectly. The trick with Wine is usually to stay with older software. The newer it is, the less likely it is to run. On a few occasions I've compared notes with Windows users and found that old Windows programs seem to run BETTER with Linux/Wine than they do in modern Windows 'compatibility' mode.
38 • CloudRead NAS (by Andy Figueroa on 2021-06-24 03:35:56 GMT from United States)
Actually, "Based on Google’s Chromium OS" from https://www.neverware.com/#cloudready-introduction
I don't know how this rates a review, even an aborted, on Distrowatch.
39 • WINE (by Dave Postles on 2021-06-24 16:25:54 GMT from United Kingdom)
I have MapInfo 4.0 which I bought many years ago at educational discount. It performs tasks that QGIS doesn't, as far as I can tell, and I'm not proficient enough at other GIS yet.
40 • WINE (by Astronomer on 2021-06-24 23:08:20 GMT from Puerto Rico)
I use WINE on some planetarium programs and some older but useful telescope design programs that cannot run on Linux, but that is about the only use I have for non-native software.
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| • Issue 1042 (2023-10-23): Ubuntu Cinnamon compared with Linux Mint, extending battery life on Linux, Debian resumes /usr merge, Canonical publishes fixed install media |
| • Issue 1041 (2023-10-16): FydeOS 17.0, Dr.Parted 23.09, changing UIDs, Fedora partners with Slimbook, GNOME phasing out X11 sessions, Ubuntu revokes 23.10 install media |
| • Issue 1040 (2023-10-09): CROWZ 5.0, changing the location of default directories, Linux Mint updates its Edge edition, Murena crowdfunding new privacy phone, Debian publishes new install media |
| • Issue 1039 (2023-10-02): Zenwalk Current, finding the duration of media files, Peppermint OS tries out new edition, COSMIC gains new features, Canonical reports on security incident in Snap store |
| • Issue 1038 (2023-09-25): Mageia 9, trouble-shooting launchers, running desktop Linux in the cloud, New documentation for Nix, Linux phasing out ReiserFS, GNU celebrates 40 years |
| • Issue 1037 (2023-09-18): Bodhi Linux 7.0.0, finding specific distros and unified package managemnt, Zevenet replaced by two new forks, openSUSE introduces Slowroll branch, Fedora considering dropping Plasma X11 session |
| • Issue 1036 (2023-09-11): SDesk 2023.08.12, hiding command line passwords, openSUSE shares contributor survery results, Ubuntu plans seamless disk encryption, GNOME 45 to break extension compatibility |
| • Issue 1035 (2023-09-04): Debian GNU/Hurd 2023, PCLinuxOS 2023.07, do home users need a firewall, AlmaLinux introduces new repositories, Rocky Linux commits to RHEL compatibility, NetBSD machine runs unattended for nine years, Armbian runs wallpaper contest |
| • Issue 1034 (2023-08-28): Void 20230628, types of memory usage, FreeBSD receives port of Linux NVIDIA driver, Fedora plans improved theme handling for Qt applications, Canonical's plans for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1033 (2023-08-21): MiniOS 20230606, system user accounts, how Red Hat clones are moving forward, Haiku improves WINE performance, Debian turns 30 |
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