2009/2/4 Charity Abbott <angeliqer@xxxxxxxxx>: > This is done in a round about way already. Lots of programs > (especially games) come with configuration files that turn features on > and off. AppDB tells you what configuration works. The only downside > to this is the user has to know enough to set it up properly. If a > programmer wanted to make it easier for a program to run on Linux, it > really should be ported to Linux rather than working through wine. > Wine is mainly for those uncooperative programmers. Not really. Programming Unix and programming Windows are very different - if you're experienced in Windows and don't want to spend years learning a new system, then Wine is an excellent way to serve a new userbase. VirtualDub is a good example - it's open source, it'll likely never be ported natively to Linux, but it works well in Wine and reproducible problems in Wine will likely be fixed. - d.
