Problem installing latest version of Wine to Ubuntu (8.10)

[James Mckenzie]

On the road again....

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From: "André H." <[email protected]>
Sent: Dec 28, 2008 4:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Wine] Re: Problem installing latest version of Wine to Ubuntu (8.10)

you may use QEMU to emulate a windows-machine or a linux machine which runs wine.

What is the status of running Wine with QEMU on the PowerPC. I do have a PowerPC that I am interested in testing several programs with.

James McKenzie

[James Mckenzie]

Rico2005 wrote:
Hi, I am a nooby to Linux...I recently installed Ubuntu (8.10) to my PS3, in hopes of installing my Windows games (i.e. Steam, Call of Duty, etc.)...I've been researching linux applications that allow me to install Windows based applications, which is how I came across Wine...

You can't. Wine does not emulate CPU. The PS3 has CPU that is not compatible with x86.

Even if you succeed and compile Wine on your PS3 it will NOT run any windows program.

Vitamin:

You are correct, but QEMU does emulate x86 based processors on the PowerPC platform. I don't know how well, but I plan on asking someone who is working on that project. I've already asked here.

James McKenzie

[André H.]

Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???

[vitamin]

Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???

What about it? It's dead and never went out of early alpha stage.

[austin987]

2008/12/29 André H. <[email protected]>:

Yeah, but what about the Darwine Project???

There are a few projects that use that name, hence the confusion. The
original combined Qemu with Wine to allow PPC computers to run x86
windows applications. That project has stalemated for some time.

The others build wine on intel macs, along with a few mac specific
hacks to run windows programs. That is what most mac users are using.

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-Austin