It was demoed at FOSDEM so it's not incorrect. (See phoronix here: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI5MjA) There are Windows apps (about 3 of them?) for Windows on ARM processors. Ain't that what Windows RT is?
Also, Android on x86 is being pursued, so... P. -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. On 9 February 2013 20:26, Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]>wrote: > What? Wine is not an emulator, it is an application layer. It does not > translate CPU instructions, so it can't be used to run an x86 binary on an > ARM processor. Either he's porting Wine to Android on the x86 platform, or > the article is fake, or TNW simply saw a Wine developer develop something > completely new and incorrectly deduced that it was a port of Wine. > > On 5 February 2013 20:56, Sanga <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Sent to you by Sanga via Google Reader: >> >> >> Popular Windows app emulator Wine coming to >> Android<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/ZLZ7yM6FvWc/> >> via BGR <http://bgr.com> by Brad Reed on 2/4/13 >> >> [image: Wine Windows Emulator >> Android]<http://bgr.com/2013/02/04/wine-windows-emulator-android-315869/>Great >> news for anyone who wants to bring more PC capabilities to their >> Android smartphone or tablet: *The Next Web* >> reports<http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/02/03/wine-for-linux-is-going-mobile-you-will-soon-be-able-to-run-windows-apps-on-android/>that >> popular Windows app >> emulator<http://bgr.com/2011/01/26/exclusive-blackberry-playbook-and-smartphones-to-run-android-apps/>Wine >> will soon be coming to Android. According to >> *The Next Web*, chief Wine developer Alexandre Julliard has been working >> on porting the emulator to Google's <http://bgr.com/tag/google> >> (GOOG<http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=goog>) >> open source mobile operating system and started showing off how Wine would >> work on Android over the weekend in Belgium. Although *The Next Web*says >> that the port probably won't be ready "for some time," this will >> definitely be something to follow for Android fans who want to bring >> their favorite PC apps over to their mobile >> devices<http://bgr.com/2012/09/11/pc-sales-analysis-ios-android-cannibalizing-pc-industry/> >> . >> >> >> >> Things you can do from here: >> >> - Subscribe to >> BGR<http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.boygeniusreport.com%2Ffeed%2F?source=email>using >> *Google Reader* >> - Get started using Google >> Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep up with >> *all your favorite sites* >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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