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by heelix 2382 days ago
The Codeweaver folks are really great. I worked with one of their engineer's brother, which is how I can to discover this local (for me) company. The Linux version of WINE really shines too. They track, fix, and give back to the open source project while taking care of all the setup, etc. Ironically, a Win95 Garmin GPS simulator (airplane instrument) worked lovely on their kit... while it would not work on the 'run as' on Windows 7.

I've got their OSX version as well. There was a day where I needed Visio at work, and that would let me launch a Windows bottle. Funny enough, it also ran quite a few steam games... back before there were solid OSX ports for what I'd play.
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1996 2382 days ago
I find it marvelous you can reliably use software 24 years later. And we talk about binaries, not sources. And we talk about software still with business uses.

The original storage media may be corrupted but the software lives!

My personal belief is Wine will stand next and maybe above the GNU project, the Linux kernel, the QEMU emulator and the GIT version management as the best things ever made by free software.

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ksaj 2381 days ago
Did you see this from previous Christmases? https://www.qemu-advent-calendar.org/2018/ (change the last digit to 6 or 4 to see previous Advent calendars) I think we have to wait 'til next year for the next one.

They're pretty great, and do a great job showing off the many platforms it can emulate, in a way that feels and rewards like a treasure hunt.

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