[NTLUG:Discuss] WineX V3.1 anyone?

[Chris Cox]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 08:04 -0600, nf0 wrote:
> 
>>Jack,
>>the 15 is only for the binaries, you can still download the source and 
>>compile yourself for free.
>>- Josh
> 
> 
> I saw that... but wasn't sure if it was like the TiVo source. 
> You can download the TiVo GPL source but not the proprietary 
> stuff. 
> 
There are some proprietary things that you don't get.
Also, they don't exactly make it easy to build.

With that said, I've had better fortune in some cases
with the free CVS vs. the paid product.  Transgaming doesn't
give you as much value as something like Crossover does.

Transgaming is also known to continue to charge your credit
card even if you just sign up for a 3-month or 6-month
subscription (you have been warned!).

> Actually... all I see is the CVS tree you can download. It says
> that it doesn't include some copy protection stuff and compression
> stuff. So... does that mean that it won't work without it... or you
> can compile without it and it will work? 

The copy protection stuff is the proprietary stuff I was
talking about in particular.  Many game CDs are copy protected
nowadays.  They simply will not load with plain ole wine or
CVS wineX.

> 
> I'd prefer to try out the binaries so that I know that any problems
> are winx related and not something-I-copiled-from-cvs-related. 
> 

There is a list of games on their sight (quite large).  If you
don't see it in the list, I would not assume that it will work.
They show an entry for JumpStart Preschool and mention that
once you enter the classroom, click on something and it crashes.