Software update: Wine 0.9.59

Version 0.9.59 of Wine was released on Friday. With the help of Wine it is possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, Freebsd and Mac OS X, among others. Wine is maintained by a large group of enthusiastic developers and instead of releasing new releases when new features are added to the software, they have chosen to release a new build every two weeks. More information about Wine can be found in this FAQ are being found. Recently, the release notes also include a list of issues that have been fixed since the previous version. Below is that list plus the changelog:

What’s new in this release:

• Improved support for the .NET framework.
• Better services handling through a separate services.exe process.
• Support for ATI fragment shader.
• Better support for http proxies.
• Window management fixes.
• Pre-compiled fonts are now available in the source tree.
• Lots of bug fixes.

Bugs fixed since 0.9.58:

• Support for X11 multi head configurations (Xinerama)
• Musicmatch fails to install (missing registry key, HTTP_HttpOpenRequest() problem)
• Dashofer Verlag (@Borland DB) newer versions don’t run
• Wine User’s Guide -incomplete information about compilation
• OpenOffice 2.0.1 locks up after using File Open dialog for a while
• Firefox vertical size wrong, doesn’t take gnome system menu or task bars into account
• user: Tooltips have wrong Z-Position and deactivate the Main-Window
• Get optimized/compressed/packed executables (non-upx) working
• Steam: not all lnk files are processed into linux shortcuts
• Intro movies crash Heroes V
• Unable to change default web browser
• DirectDrawCreate crash on non-OpenGL desktop
• wine crashes while starting Strokes russian language course
• Typing Instructor for Kids 2 fails to install
• Supreme Commander beta wants vertex shader 2.0
• Theme Park World does not start
• Wine Internet Explorer can’t handle URLs that don’t start with a protocol
• GDI deadlock on startup of any program
• invoking htmlhelp:HtmlHelpW crashes wine
• Thief : the dark project crashes during startup in fullscreen mode
• Unimplemented KERNEL32.dll.SetConsoleDisplayMode
• Anarchy Online screen mode and card selection box not drawn properly
• Pdf xchange viewer crashes
• Wine crashes on iRO exit
• Richard Scarry’s Busytown 2000 locks up on click
• FIFA 2007 crashes with the recent versions
• 3DMark2000 Setup fails
• Wine apps stop after program error exit
• Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo doesn’t get past splash screen
• WinUAE crashes
• Wine must not use unix select() for networking where there might be high fd’s
• Steam crashes during startup
• WINEDEBUG=warn+heap “make test” has heap error in comdlg32/tests/printdlg.c
• satisfy SafeDisc 2.x heuristic API analyzer by “adjusting” API exports/entry statistics of wine builtins (affects eg adobe photoshop)
• Sonic & Knuckles Collection games display wrong in windowed mode
• Add AMD Phenom detection to winecfg
• Sim Town demo crashes
• Green water in HL2 episode 2 during bug sequence
• Tray icon popup menu does not go away until clicked
• C&C 3 extremely slow in current GIT
• tdx_level2:crash due to Unhandled page fault when login
• Sacred: Crashes on enter in wine 0.9.52
• unimplemented function ntoskrnl.exe.MmIsAddressValid (SafeDisc)
• winedbg crashes?
• 4 land surfaces turn black between turns
• Left or upwards scrolling in Traffic Giant corrupts Display
• Adobe Photoshop CS2: z-overlay or image containers
• Picasa cannot upload to web albums
• Commandos 3 – rendering problems (P8 textures)
• Commandos 3: Black rectangle covers most of the backround
• Pressing escape does not exit dialog in Picasa
• Copy and paste garbage on end
• emule 0.48a mephisto mods crash on wine 0.9.56
• 3d versions of virtual moon 3.5 can’t find pixel format
• Wine don’t remember d3d screen settings in various games
• Crimsonland: Mouse moves to the upper left corner and freezes
• proper mshtml:HTMLDocument2_get_location() needed for NET’s System.WIndows.Forms
• Changing some tool properties with arrow keys in Photoshop CS2 doesn’t work
• VS.NET 7.x/.NET SDK installers fail if re-executed due to ACTION_StopServices being a stub
• wine needs to update its timezone info?
• Text positioning regression in Dragon Naturally Speaking 9
• The Settlers Heritage of Kings: Occlusion setting regression
• Adobe Photoshop CS2: opening new window for each opened image
• Heroes of Might & Magic IV awful frame rate
• Some Lithuanian glyphs are missing in Tahoma and other fonts
• Application window fails to be rendered after resize/minimize/restore cycle in managed mode
• Performance Regression in CS: Source
• mshtml: script.c test crashes in kubuntu hardy
• crash in msxml3 test case
• Irfanview: distorted image display
• strange menu tracking confusion between keyboard and mouse
• Can’t connect to Battle.net in Starcraft anymore
• Palringo: Pressing enter in a chat window closes it
• Wrong width in some fonts
• application windows shrink to a small square on desktop switch

[break] Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash under Wine. Click for a larger version.