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Friday, May 3, 2013

CodeWeavers CrossOver 12.2.0 has been released for Linux and Mac

Here is the release announcement from Josh Dubois...

Hello all,

 I am pleased to announce the release of CodeWeavers CrossOver 12.2.0 for both Mac OS X and Linux.  We have made many substantial improvements to CrossOver since our last release.

 In this release, as in our last one, we have made Quicken more stable and usable.  We have made improvements to some games running in full-screen mode, including Wizard 101.  We have improved the stability of Office 2007, and fixed a bug with running applications that rely on the .Net 4.0 Framework.  For Chinese-language speakers, we have fixed a bug which caused Traditional Chinese to be used even when a user's preferences were set to Simplified Chinese.

 On the Mac OS, we have continued to improve our new Mac Driver technology. This release includes support for drag and drop in the Mac Driver, as well as changes which should improve the visual experience and reduce window flicker.  The Mac Driver is maturing rapidly and will be the default option in our next major release. All experienced CrossOver users are invited to turn it on and see how it works.

 With the recent release of Ubuntu 13.04, we experienced another bug which caused CrossOver to fail to register itself.  This release fixes that, and is back-dated so any user who had support when 13.04 was released a few days ago will be able to download and install CrossOver 12.2.0.

 Lastly, for any interested games, the Dungeons and Dragons Neverwinter beta started today and it is running in CrossOver 12.2.0.  

 As always, if you are an existing customer with an active support entitlement, you can download our latest version from <http://www.codeweavers.com> and use it.  Mac customers who have automatic updates enabled and who are entitled to this update will receive it automatically.  

 If CrossOver 12.2 asks you for registration credentials, use the same email and password which you used to purchase CrossOver from <http://www.codeweavers.com>.  If you have any trouble, email info@codeweavers.com for help.

 A complete changelog for CrossOver 12.2 is included below.

 Thank you all for your support, and we hope you enjoy CrossOver 12.2!


CrossOver 12.2 changelog:
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CrossOver 12.2.0 - 2013/04/24
 * Application Support:
   - Quicken
     -  Fixed a bug which caused Quicken to fail to register
        on Mac OS X.
     - Fixed graphics distortions in some Quicken windows.
     - Fixed a bug which prevented a double-click on a .QFX
       file in the Mac OS X Finder from importing the file into
       Quicken.
   - Fixed a bug which caused Office 2007 applications to crash
     in some circumstances.
   - Fixed a bug which caused Wizard101 to fail to recover after
     being re-sized.
   - Fixed a bug which caused mailto: links to be broken in
     Outlook 2003.
   - Fixed a bug which caused .Net 4.0 applications to fail to
     run.
     
 * Mac OS X:
    - Drag and drop support in the Mac Driver.
    - Gamma support in the Mac Driver.
    - Reduced window flicker when using the Mac Driver.
   
 * Language Support:
    - Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Traditional Chinese to
      be used even when a user's preferences were set to
      Simplified Chinese.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Codeweavers working on wine for Google Android operating system

Codeweavers is working on wine for android

CodeWeavers‘ is working on an Android version of Wine, the program for Unix-based operating systems that makes running Windows applications possible. The lead developer of Wine demonstrated recently at the meeting in Brussels at Fosdem. So we must ask is Wine and CrossOver for iOS also in the works?

When Wine for Android is released, users of smartphones and tablets with Google’s mobile operating system software can easily run games and applications that was originally made for Windows. The Android version of Wine is not nearly finished. According to the briefing represented in Brussels, Wine on Android is still extremely slow.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Wine 1.5.28 Released

The Wine development release 1.5.28 is now available.

What's new in this release:
  • GnuTLS used for all secure connections, OpenSSL is no longer needed.
  • Mac driver enabled by default.
  • Built-in FixedSys fonts.
  • New icon for the joystick control panel.
  • Postscript driver improvements.
  • Various bug fixes.
The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

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Friday, March 1, 2013

CrossOver 12.1.2 has been released by CodeWeavers

CodeWeavers recently released CrossOver 12.1.2 for Linux and Mac. This update has allot of new features as well as bug fixes.

About CodeWeavers Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers focuses on the development of Wine –the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company’s goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.codeweavers.com.

Change Log For CrossOver

12.1.2 CrossOver - March 1, 2013

  • Application Support:
    • Fixed a bug which caused Steam to get stuck in a loop while trying to update.
    • Fixed a bug which caused performance to suffer badly in Skyrim, and possibly some other games, on certain Linux systems.
    • Fixed a bug which caused Outlook 2010 to fail to open .xlsx, .pptx, and .docx attachments.
    • Fixed a bug which caused Quicken to fail to connect to Chase Bank online.
    • Office 2007 and 2010 will now display help topics!
  • Mac OS X:
    • We have improvements to windowing in the Mac Driver.
    • We are hopeful that changes in this version of CrossOver will mean that gaming performance will improve when Apple releases its upcoming OS X 10.8.3.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

CrossOver 12.1.1 has been released by CodeWeavers

CodeWeavers recently released CrossOver 12.1.1 for Linux and Mac. This update has allot of new features as well as bug fixes.

About CodeWeavers Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers focuses on the development of Wine –the core technology found in all of its CrossOver products. The company’s goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, the United Kingdom and elsewhere around the world. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.codeweavers.com.

Change Log For CrossOver

12.1.1 CrossOver - January 25, 2013
  • Mac OS X:
    • Resolved an issue where CrossOver would not register via a serial code.
12.1.0 CrossOver - January 23, 2013
  • Mac OS X:
    • We have fixed a bug where certain users who chose "Register for all users of this computer" during CrossOver's registration would receive an error claiming their bottle had "expired" and could not be used, despite the user having a valid CrossOver license.
    • We have added a preference setting allowing the user to control what CrossOver does with an unknown Windows .exe file when it is launched. Using this preference, the user can tell CrossOver either to treat the unknown .exe file as an application installer, or to simply run it.
    • CrossOver will now auto-update CrossTie files if the user has permitted auto-updates of CrossOver itself via Sparkle.
    • Fixed a bug where automatic updates via Sparkle would fail for some users on OS X 10.6.8.
    • Fixed a bug which caused several games to fail when running in fullscreen mode. Games which should be improved include StarCraft, Fallout, and, we hope, many others.
    • Fixed a bug which prevented some users from logging into World of Tanks servers.
  • Linux:
    • Running Guild Wars 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with CrossOver 12 triggered a bug in the Compiz window manager which caused a CPU spike. We have added a registry key which can be used to disable the feature which caused Guild Wars 2 to trigger this bug, thus making the game playable with Compiz on Ubuntu.
    • Fixed an issue where the screen would go blank during the installation of some programs.
  • CrossOver:
    • CrossOver no longer ships Wine-Mono, an open-source replacement for .Net, by default. We had started doing this for CrossOver 12 but the large increase in download size and disk space usage proved too much. CrossOver can still download and install Wine-Mono as-needed.
    • We have fixed a bug which caused CrossOver to print unnecessary error messages when launching Windows applications, complaining that certain icon files could not be found.
    • New translations for Polish & Chinese (China), and a partial translation for Italian.
  • Application Support:
    • Fixed connection errors with Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 when connecting to hosted Exchange servers.
    • Fixed a bug which caused adding a table of contents to a Microsoft Word document to fail.
    • Fixed an issue where Quicken failed to download WebConnect and QFX files.
    • Fixed an issue where Quicken crashed viewing investment details.
    • Fixed an issue where Quicken crashed when expanding columns in reports.
    • Fixed a bug which caused clicking on a promotional offer in Quicken to crash.
    • Fixed some connection failures with Quicken 2011.
    • Fixed an issue where rotated text was garbled in PowerPoint 2010.
    • Fixed a bug selecting shapes in Visio 2010.
    • Fixed a crash on launch in HCFA-1500.
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