Well yes, I did list that as one of the possibilities. Still, I always get slightly wary when news outlets get their technical lingo all wrong (Wine is not a bloody emulator, how hard could that be to comprehend?). It makes me wonder what else they might have misunderstood.
On 13 February 2013 08:15, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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