Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Vincent Medina <vsworld2k12@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Wine on AMD64?
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:29:23
Message-Id: f58442000801210929u111fb662t5931e161d7ed7eb1@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Wine on AMD64? by "Conway S. Smith"
1 On Jan 21, 2008 8:24 AM, Conway S. Smith <beolach@×××××××.net> wrote:
2
3 > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:06:27 -0600
4 > Brett Johnson <brett@××××.com> wrote:
5 > <snip>
6 > > There is no 64 bit support for
7 > > wine, and I doubt there ever will be support (at least in the next
8 > > 10 years).
9 > >
10 >
11 > There is no 64-bit support currently, but it is planned.
12 >
13 > From:
14 > <http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-c6d55929038c6d0f481bd9342fc8edadd0412671>
15 > "Simultaneous support for 64-bit Windows applications is planned for
16 > the distant future, after Wine's 1.0 release."
17 >
18 > My guess is that the "distant future" is more likely to be <5 years
19 > rather than >10 years (assuming a lot of actual 64-bit Windows apps
20 > start showing up), but I'm really not educated enough on the topic
21 > to be a reliable source.
22 >
23 >
24 > Conway S. Smith
25 >
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29 >From what I know, I used to have Netflix, but when i tried to install WMP
30 via wine, with versions < 0.9.30, it would always give me an error.... other
31 than than IE6&7 install fine. There is a lil wine tool called wine-doors, I
32 havent used it in a while, but it has some stock windows programs...