Wine 8.0-rc5 Released With Just Nine Bugs Fixed

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Wine 8.0-rc5 Released With Just Nine Bugs Fixed

Work on Wine 8.0 is winding down and it looks like the stable release could be out next week or otherwise very soon...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-8.0-rc5-Released

[cytomax55]

Any idea if Internet Explorer 9 or 10 will work with wine?

I have business software that relies on that junk and I can't fully switch away from windows until 8 can run it

[hjahre]

Any idea if Internet Explorer 9 or 10 will work with wine?

I have business software that relies on that junk and I can't fully switch away from windows until 8 can run it

Have you tried to change the UserAgent in your current browser? For example using the UserAgent Switcher for Chrome? Or does the site use ActiveX and other IE specific technologies and hacks?

[cytomax55]

Have you tried to change the UserAgent in your current browser? For example using the UserAgent Switcher for Chrome? Or does the site use ActiveX and other IE specific technologies and hacks?

Sadly that doesn't work.. there is a program I have to install that uses IE so I guess it's like a plugin for IE... So I keep waiting for the company to upgrade or support for IE

[andyprough]

Those wine devs are running out of bugs to fix. They'll have to start a new project - maybe they'll make a new init system. Then in a few years they can all get hired by Microsoft. The circle of wine life will be complete.

[Teggs]

Dark Solus: Remastered

I'm going with this being a typo and not a guess at the name for Solus 4.4

[oiaohm]

Any idea if Internet Explorer 9 or 10 will work with wine?

I have business software that relies on that junk and I can't fully switch away from windows until 8 can run it

The answer to that is

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=25

Sold most likely 9 and 10 don't work. Why not 100 percent not work is no recent testing.

https://wiki.winehq.org/Gecko

Now there are a lot of programs that under windows require 9 and 10 internet explorer that happen to work with wine due to wine gecko and wine shims to replace internet explorer.

Yes just because application has dependency on internet explorer does not mean internet explorer is need under wine and there are quite a lot of applications like that.

I cannot promise the application you need to work will work with wine + wine gecko but it is worth a shot.

[poncho524]

But can it run itunes yet?

[oiaohm]

But can it run itunes yet?

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=31322

Has not been testing in quite some time. You need to be lot more clear than just will it runs. Yes last test running with result just above garbage being Bronze so it run with stacks not working.

[uid313]

Looks like new Wine 8.0 will be part of up the upcoming Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster".
Good to see Ubuntu finally ship with a modern version of Wine!