CodeWeavers Announces Rebrand With PortJump + ExecMode

[guglovich]

This is all nonsense until none of them offers a solution with online games. Wine is against the implementation of virus protection, Steam did not write its plans for them, but with support everything is the same. 2020 and I can't play Lineage 2 because of SmartGuard.

[RahulSundaram]

This is all nonsense until none of them offers a solution with online games. Wine is against the implementation of virus protection, Steam did not write its plans for them, but with support everything is the same. 2020 and I can't play Lineage 2 because of SmartGuard.

It sounds like you are conflating your pet peeves with the general viability of what the org is offering

[abthediablo]

I hope they will publish a changelog for CrossOver 20 the next days ...

[skeevy420]

PortJump sounds like Navy hazing.

[ed31337]

I think "When is Microsoft replacing Windows with Linux?" should become a meme.

We've got this fast, secure Linux kernel with it's own pile of software developers who are constantly making improvements to it for free, and then you've got this huge clunky, insecure Windows OS that Microsoft has to pay a pile of developers to keep going. Rebasing to Linux is a no-brainer.

The only thing stopping it from happening is momentum and tradition. Traditionally, Microsoft has always owned the operating system and this is what they are used to. But if everybody outside of Microsoft is constantly expecting Microsoft to replace Windows with Linux under-the-hood, eventually that old momentum and tradition at Microsoft will fizzle out.

Like a virus that spreads until it even hits the President of the USA, the thought "When is Microsoft replacing Windows with Linux?" will become embedded in the minds of even the top levels of management at Microsoft.

Even if they fail to act, keeping this idea floating around will cause third party developers to question why they are continuing to develop their apps for Windows when it is "obvious" that eventually Windows will become the "legacy" platform at some point. Who wants to be left stranded on Microsoft's legacy platform when Microsoft finally makes this obvious move? Third party developers dealing with Microsoft know all too well how painful it is when Microsoft makes their move, as they've dealt with that in the transition from DOS to Windows, from VB6 to C#.NET, Windows CE to Windows Mobile, etc. Microsoft has a strong tradition of royally screwing over their third party developers.

If third party developers started pre-emptively moving their efforts over to Linux, that would kill the momentum behind Windows. "When is Microsoft replacing Windows with Linux?" becomes a self-fullfiling prophesy at some point.

[uid313]

This branding is not really any improvement. This branding is pretty silly and confusing.

[guglovich]

It sounds like you are conflating your pet peeves with the general viability of what the org is offering

I recalled that none of the trinity took on this. This is sad.

[Alexmitter]

This is all nonsense until none of them offers a solution with online games. Wine is against the implementation of virus protection, Steam did not write its plans for them, but with support everything is the same. 2020 and I can't play Lineage 2 because of SmartGuard.

Wine does not implement a NT kernel, so you wont have luck with Kernel Driver based anti cheat. And Wine is not responsible for virus protection. Use a Wine package manager like Lutris or Steam to only install trusted software because then there is no need for virus protection.

[skeevy420]

Wine does not implement a NT kernel, so you wont have luck with Kernel Driver based anti cheat. And Wine is not responsible for virus protection. Use a Wine package manager like Lutris or Steam to only install trusted software because then there is no need for virus protection.

It isn't Wine's, or MS's for that matter, fault that people download and install stuff from sketchy sources or open e-mail attachments from the Prince of Nigeria.

[guglovich]

Wine does not implement a NT kernel, so you wont have luck with Kernel Driver based anti cheat. And Wine is not responsible for virus protection. Use a Wine package manager like Lutris or Steam to only install trusted software because then there is no need for virus protection.

I am aware of what and how, you did not discover America. But this is not about that, and this is the risk of players who have the choice to risk on Windows along with other risks, or to risk on Linux for just one game.