Indeed. Wine isn't just something that runs Windows binaries; it's also a
Windows API and DirectX implementation. Some people have actually ported
software that depends on the Windows API to the OpenPandora by using Wine. XM
Solitaire, for example.
One Windows-dependent libre program I
I have no problem running that application in wine.
I did *not* use Wine, after I switched to Libreboot, before I used Wine to
reverse engineer some proprietary formats. One of those programs UTAU is
written in VB6, now I am working on a free replacement using Qt5.
One argument for including WINE is that it allows the use of hardware people
already own and need to use (eg pedometers, digital audio recorders and
cameras, cell phones), but that only works with the Windows drivers supplied.
When I help someone transition from Windows to GNU/Linux, it
Handcuffed? What are you talking about? Nobody's suggesting nothing like it.
Please don't spread FUD on purpose...
I though the OP suggested that. Yeah, I mean removing it from the repos.
There is free software only available with Wine some might want to use.
If someone asks about how to install K-meleon onto Wine I think said someone
will get quite a bit of help.
I don't believe saying WINE can be used to install non-free sofware is a
valid argument. In using that same argument, we shouldn't be using Trisquel
at all because with a few clicks you can manually install non-free software
even without the use of WINE.
Software freedom is important, and
There are Windows only libre software and games (yeah, just search them)
which can be run and *compiled* against WineLib.
I don't know about Visual Basic 6, but Mono has some sort of Visual Basic.NET
support:
http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/visualbasic/
Does Wine have a VB6 interpreter now?
Ok I see what I did here, let me rephrase it :
It reminds me of Magic Banana telling me on the forum that Trisquel doesn't
prevent proprietary software installation, because that would be contrary to
freedom, which makes sense to me.
Having Wine removed from the repo would feel like being
I created a piece of free software for my own use before I had discovered
gnu/linux using Visual Basic. I still use that software. The only way I can
run it is through Wine, and it runs very well through Wine. Please don't make
me switch to a non-libre version of gnu/linux.
Disregard whether or not Wine is useful. Two facts:
1. Wine is libre and doesn't do anything to steer users toward using
proprietary software. There's nothing wrong with it.
2. Ubuntu's repositories include Wine.
There is no reason to remove a libre program from Trisquel's repository just
Mark Weaver on WINE:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01216.html
But overall Chris Webber had a well-written reply:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2016-03/msg01267.html
But nobody suggested not allowing it, how would that be even possible, just
removing it from the repos.
what if you want to study a proprietary program in order to make an equal or
better libre version?
It reminds me of Magic Banana telling me on the forum that Tisquel doesn't
prevent proprietary software installation, because that would be contrary to
freedom.
I'm saying the opposite. Or at least I tried. Sorry, English isn't my first
language.
I though the OP suggested that. Yeah, I mean removing it from the repos.
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