OK, Not to get sappy or anything, but I think most wine users have a 'holy grail' application, an app that they would do almost anything to get working. Mine was a game from about 5 years back called Battlezone II. Wonderful game, one of my all time favs. I have spent the better part of 2 years trying to install and run it under wine. Every monthly release I would download fresh source, compile, test, always with varying degrees of success. I've googled for hours on end, tried every native dll imaginable, every tweak, every tip, every hint, sacrificed a few goats, prayed to the linux gods and pledged to give up my soul, but the game was never playable......
....until now.
Everything works. EVERYTHING. Graphics are flawless, with the exception of the fonts being a bit funky, but I can deal. Everything else is exactly as it should be. I was, frankly (and no insult intended), stunned.
So, thank you, everyone, all the devs, the testers, everyone, for doing what you do. (and for giving us linux gamers a little light at the end of the tunnel). I would have to say, from my single experience at least, that the 0.9 release has been well worth the wait, and has delivered in a way I didn't think possible.
I'll throw something in the appdb just as soon as I can figure out how to get a screenshot or two.
Randall Walls