Which version of wine should i get ?

FutureEX · 10-17-2003, 11:20 PM

I saw there was 2 versions of wine

Wine and WineX

wat is the difference and where can i get the best one (for free)

thx

JaseP · 10-17-2003, 11:35 PM

Wine is pretty much for productivity apps, and WineX is for games (there is a directX media layer adaption in it).

So if you want to run Windoze apps,... get Wine.
If you want to play graphical games,... get WineX.

Transgaming's WineX is a breeze to set up, and a subscription is only $36 for 6 mos. of download ability...

If you want the CVS, then you can get it for free, but it's harder to set up. It also has no copy-protection support. So some copy-protected games won't run on it.

FutureEX · 10-17-2003, 11:39 PM

i wanna do both? which should i get?

and i don't have the money to sign up in WineX where could i get the CVS version :S?

JaseP · 10-17-2003, 11:52 PM

You can do both without too much difficulty.

http://voidmain.kicks-ass.net/redhat/winex2.html

The above is a nice tutorial to get you started.

FutureEX · 10-17-2003, 11:57 PM

is that just for redhat tho? i have mandrake 9.1 :S

dos1 · 10-18-2003, 05:03 AM

Should be fine.....just remember

!!NOTE: This tutorial does not work for RH8/9 using GLIBC 2.3.2 or above. See this thread to get it working with RH8/9. !!

So if your using the latest version(s) of Mandrake probably best to follow the RH8/9 guide.

FutureEX · 10-18-2003, 11:16 AM

hmmmm where's the link? :S thx for telling me that it doesn't work

opafire · 10-19-2003, 02:55 AM

I'm trying to install Wine or WineX myself. I'm running Red Hat 9, and I'm having all sorts of problems. It seems like every version of Wine I get has some sort of error in it and I can't install it. I don't want to buy it because I'm scared that I might waste my money on something that doesn't work any you could give would be nice.

FutureEX · 10-19-2003, 03:01 AM

lol yeah... try checking the CPU class and the rpm u find.... Redhat has lots of cpu types like i586(pentium mostly it's this one) i386,i486, and they even have one for the new Pentium4 (i686)...

i'm not sure.. i'm a newb too so that's all the help i can give

I picked mandrake becuz it's ezer for a noob

only 1 type to d/l for a 32-bit pc i586