Getting Started with Wine


A lot of people make the mistake of downloading Wine and expecting it to work out of the box with their Windows applications. It should be noted that Wine is simply a compatibility layer by itself; it does not include the necessary drivers and library files needed to run most Windows applications. 

[Phoronix] Wine 1.3.30 Has New DirectSound & More


New Wine development releases normally come every other Friday, but last week there wasn’t any Wine 1.3.30 release. Fear not, however, as the Wine developers have went forward with the Wine 1.3.30 release this Monday. Wine 1.3.30 does offer up a few interesting features.

How to Install Photoshop CS2 Under Wine in Ubuntu Natty 11.04


I have tried every tutorial in existence in Google to get CS4 to install under Wine in Ubuntu Natty 11.04 to no avail.  Either the files I need in order to install it  won’t download/show errors or the program itself installs and won’t start. Never allowing defeat, I decided to start downgrading until I hit … Continue reading

>without a sound


> Image via Wikipedia These hands stained redFrom the times that I’ve killed you and thenWe can wash down this engagement ringWith poison and keroseneWe’ll laugh as we dieAnd we’ll celebrate the end of thingsWith cheap champagne Without a sound… My Chemical Romance