Re: about status of wine

On 8/27/26 7:28 AM, Joe wrote:
> 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.
>

it is immature because it can't auto-load needed libraries though 
Windows system is installed at /mnt/win

and it doesn't offer useful hint when error occurs

in comparison, apt hint running "apt update" when some files can't be 
retrieved during installation.

i have been able to access winehq.org, it suggest i change directory 
before running "wine wordpad.exe", which might help locate libraries, 
but it doesn't help

my goal is running stock trading app, not wordpad. i expect more 
challenges and difficulties

my need for wine isn't strong, i shall abandon wine and use Windows 
instead, Thanks anyway!