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From: Devin Butterfield <dbutter@wireless.net>
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Subject: Re: Win32 Netscape and Real Audio Player run under Wine on -CURRENT
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<snip>
> Now it turns out that it is able to run some nontrivial applications.
> (At least real audio support is some recurring PITA for FreeBSD users,
>  we have no native version of their latests formats and need to use
>  the linux alpha version, or can now try the win32 one)
> 
> Beats me why the wine developers don't promote their project more.
> 
> Possibly the Linux crowd is more informed than the BSD one about
> the usefulness of wine.
> 
> I found some links in the meantime
> 
>     http://www.linuxgames.com/wine
> 
> it looks that the most important Microsoft applications (Minesweeper,
> Solitaire, Tetris and Wordpad) run perfect. :)
> 
> What to do now? The success story of the Linux emulator shows that it
> is a good idea to roll ports, like
> 
>     wine-netscape
>     wine-realaudio
>     wine-wordviewer
>     wine-excelviewer
> 
> which would make it easy for people to use the software.
<snip>

This is a great idea!

I too have been playing around with wine lately. I had only partial
success trying to run win32 Netscape. I found that I would lock solid if
I went to a website that had any java content. Also I haven't had any
luck printing yet...

Can anyone share their experiences regarding running Netscape with wine
on FreeBSD? Also, any tips for getting printing working?
--
Regards, Devin.


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