Re: about status of wine

On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:20:44 -0400
hlyg <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 8/26/26 6:41 AM, Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ wrote:
> >
> >
> > You might want to look onto the wine applications database to find 
> > answers to your questions.
> > https://appdb.winehq.org/
> >
> > Also see https://www.winehq.org/ to find answers about how to
> > install .dll which might be necesssary for your specific
> > application.
> >
> > All the best to you
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Eike Lantzsch KY4PZ / ZP5CGE
> >
> >  
> 
> Thank Lantzsch!  i can't pass human verification ( winehq suspect i
> am malicious bot)
> 
> as some sites/services are blocked in China
> 
> but i don't miss it, wine looks not mature enough for me

It's extremely mature, it is just trying to do the impossible job of
keeping up with the enormously changing versions of Windows. wine has
been around since Windows 98.
> 
> even simple winxp's wordpad doesn't work, it might require manual 
> loading of dll?

How can wine contain Windows libraries? They are all closed-source
copyrighted software. You must find and install any dependencies
yourself, from the same licensed copy of Windows that the application
comes from. 'mfc42' tells you that there are many versions of this
library.

> 
> in contrast, dosbox is quite straightforward, even sound effect is OK

DOS applications were all self-contained, separate libraries only make
sense for multi-tasking operating systems, which DOS wasn't.
> 
> i'd rather use Windows than wine
> 
Of course Windows will work better for running (some) Windows software,
wine is always going to find it difficult to exactly simulate Windows
system calls. Wine is not an emulator, it doesn't pretend to be a
complete Windows operating system. A lot of Windows software will only
work on a small number of Windows versions.

-- 
Joe