Wine 9.0 improves ability to run 32-bit EXEsc on 64-bit-only xNix (& Wayland)

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/wine_90_is_out/

by lproven • 3 years ago

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sylware3• 3 years ago

... and I had games working fine with wine/vkd3d 8.x which did stop working once I updated to wine/vkd3d 9.x (same build configuration).

That "compatibility" which comes and goes all the time...

jcd000• 3 years ago

That's true, but the overall trend is clear. Wine is pretty good these days. For old windows software it is sometimes better than the latest windows versions.

extraduder_ire• 3 years ago

Who knows, some day it might be good enough that microsoft ports it to work directly on windows or via WSL2 for that purpose.

sylware3• 3 years ago

Well, It seems I am unlucky: hardly anything works, when it works it is often shabby, and something properly working does not last long.

I am already dealing with the hell of ABI compatibility of ELF because of glibc and gcc devs, dunno if I want to add this hell.

hiccuphippo• 3 years ago

This is great. Having to install all the 32bit versions of tons of libraries was a PITA when trying to use Wine.

SuperNinKenDo• 3 years ago

Might go back to Wayland if it turns out the new support fixes the flickering I was experiencing in Excel.

But I've kinda grown attached to IceWM over the last few months...

ssl-32• 3 years ago

What's an EXEsc and why would I want to run it on a 64-bit xNix?

yonatan8070• 3 years ago

Not sure if you're sarcastic or not, so I'll answer your question anyway

EXEsc: a typo by the HN poster, meant to be EXEs, a plural of EXE, the Windows executable format

32-bit EXEs: Windows executables complied for a 32-bit architecture such as x86

xNix: a general way to refer to Unix like systems (Linux, BSDs, MacOS, etc.)

64-bit xNix: most modern operating systems and PCs use a 64-bit architecture, which require additional dependencies to be installed to run applications compiled for 32-bit architectures

So to sum up, this is about running Windows-only software, such as games, on modern Linux and Unix like systems

lproven3• 3 years ago

I am that author, submitter, and lousy typist. Thanks for the correction: you are right in all respects.

"Just call me Mr Butterfingers", as Emo Philips said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlV5iwi0ubg

lproven3• 3 years ago

P.S. I recommend the comments to this release over on LWN.

https://lwn.net/Articles/958443/

LeFantome• 3 years ago

Does anybody know if this will help ReactOS add WoW support?

There is a 64 bit version of ReactOS but it hardly runs anything because XP era software is all 32 bit and ReactOS does not have WoW64.

Wine 9.0 improves ability to run 32-bit EXEsc on 64-bit-only xNix (& Wayland)

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