Download Wine 1.1.4

Last Friday a new build of Wine was released with version number 1.1.4. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API. This makes it possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, Freebsd and Mac OS X, among others. The database with applications that work under Wine now contains more than 10,000 titles that can run without problems or with some minor adjustments. Here’s what’s changed in this release:

What’s new in this release:

• Substantial chunks of WinHTTP are implemented.
• More JavaScript support.
• Beginnings of shell AppBar implementation.
• Several fixes for Google Chrome support.
• Chinese translations.

Bug fixed in 1.1.4:

• Crimson Skies trial won’t run
• Genotyper crashes when the registration dialog should appear
• Subtitle Workshop & weird errors
• picasa2: Korean fonts render with boxes
• First Encounter Assault Recon (FEAR) SP Demo Crashes on Start
• Mercora IMRadio crashes while attempting to run
• steam pop-ups appear as small blue boxes without anything in them
• Terragen water levels
• Unable to install K-Lite Codec Pack
• Several graphical corruptions in Railroad Tycoon 3
• Mafia (v1.2): Game runs but there is a choppy sound.
• Atlantis Quest 1.0 demo crashes at startup
• Saving in Google SketchUp6 doesn’t work
• VAZ Modular 3.03 Live Input module doesn’t work.
• Running JSmooth triggers Unhandled page fault
• Vaz Modular 3.03 OSS driver output broken.
• Serious Sam TSE 1.07 – network connection fails
• Minimap in Warhammer 40k: Dark Crusade is offset
• regedit imports wrong binary data from .reg files (affects FAR Manager) fix proposed
• Steam and PulseAudio
• XML Notepad 2007 won’t start
• documentElement.ownerDocument.createElement fails
• Reflections in Tomb Raider – Anniversary Demo are buggy
• Lego Star Wars II: In-game sound does not work
• Supreme Commander is black It doesn’t render anything.
• regedit highlights the wrong item when searching
• STALKER 1.0004-Trainer.exe crashes in dsound
• BabasChess icons/buttons don’t show after upgrading from wine 0.9.57
• Notation Composer: font glitch – boxes scattered around on initial screen
• Music in Solfege still loopback repeatedly
• Rome Total War Gold v1.5 stops responding in main menu after a while
• Lunar Magic’s level and overworld rendering area don’t appear properly
• WoW EULA fails to activate “Agree” button during installation (gecko wrapper)
• StarryNight Pro: Window is painted black
• distorted sound in Suboceanic 64k demo
• Ableton Live window rendering bug (Worked in 0.9.13)
• d3d9 device tests crash on XP
• HyperChem 8.0.3: Error at beginning of InstallShield wizard
• MBAC Ver. B Trial crash
• Touhou games STILL don’t show backgrounds at startup
• Chessbase Fritz 10 does not start
• FedExShipManager installer fails with “fixme:msxml:domdoc_createNode unhandled node type 2”
• AxCrypt 1.6.4.4 can not be installed
• winhelp: font sizes are smaller than with Windows WINHLP32.EXE
• winhelp: Selecting a topic does not aways go to the correct page
• DrawIconEx isn’t up to date.
• PowerPoint Viewer 2007 fails to start
• Morrowind does not run and crashes
• Painkiller doesn’t start anymore
• Kontakt, Kore Player: crash on start
• Graphics glitch in DAZ Studio
• Aliens vs Predator exits while starting game engine
• Supreme Commander: Background grid gets Moire pattern
• Text in AVI-Mux GUI shows as garbage
• Diablo 2 crash introduced in 1.1.3
• Problem rendering sky on Rose Online
• assertion failed in GPSS World
• Gothic 2, Application error – access violation
• System Shock 2: randomly disappearing sound (esp. when loading level)
• Google Chrome URL bar does not render properly

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Office 2007 under Wine on Linux, click on the image for a larger version.