All the best, Robert
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 19:55, Andrew Eikum aeikum@codeweavers.com wrote:
On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 09:59:27AM -0500, Rosanne DiMesio wrote:
FYI, openSUSE Leap went to 64-bit only releases several versions ago, but still continues to provide all the 32 bit baselibs needed to build and run Wine. I use it myself without any problems. Unfortunately, based on what the Ubuntu article says, I don't have any confidence that they even understand what Wine needs, let alone plan to provide it.
Yes, I agree. From the FAQ it doesn't seem like they understand Wine's needs.
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If they don't, then I have a suggestion for our packages: use the Steam runtime. I see a lot of upsides: They've already solved this problem; we don't need to re-invent this wheel. Ubuntu is already working with them to support the use-case. The project is open-source, well-funded, and has a clear motivation to continue being updated and functional for the long-term. And people are already building and running Wine in the runtime today.
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Andrew
FYI https://twitter.com/Plagman2/status/1142262103106973698
So Valve are officially recommending users don't migrate to Ubuntu 19.04. Since Canonical's solutions seem to all revolve around using 18.04 (in some form) - that's not really viable in the long-term.
Personally I don't really use Debian-based (including Ubuntu) distributions much at all... But I'll probably install MX-Linux (as part of my multi-boot setup) to test if that offers a reasonable alternative for new Linux/Wine users... After all there is probably going to be a flood of new issues being raised, in the autumn, on the WineHQ forums...
Robert