Actually, PlayOnLinux does the "bottle" thing as well. And crossties, for that matter.
However, I would not be averse to buying Crossover if I ever had the need. Do you get to compile your own binaries, though? On 17 May 2012 14:53, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > PlayOnLinux is just a (good) GUI frontend for wine. > > Codeweavers actively develops extra features on wine, and contribute their > changes back to wine. So in effect, PlayOnLinux is benefitting from > Codeweavers work on Crossover. > > Another advantages of Crossover are: > 1) Bottles. All apps can be isolated from each other in a totally separate > "bottle". Stops cross-program corruption of your wine folder. (Of course > you can do this manually but...) > > 2) Crossties. For supported apps, Crossover has what they call a > "crosstie", which is a configuration file containing a list of all the > required apps/libraries that will get, e.g. Office, running. Things like > the right version of MSXML, dotNet Framework, etc. These libraries are > downloaded and installed in the correct order before your app is installed. > Again, you can do all this yourself, but... > > 3) Backporting. Paying $40 for a lifetime license is not much considering > Codeweavers actually hire WINE developers and contribute a lot to the WINE > projects. They're the largest group of WINE developers by far. Things like > DirectX support, Installshield, dotNet, etc, wouldn't work without them. > > > P. > -- > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable events > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given > credit. > > > > On 17 May 2012 12:56, Hari Kurup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Peter, just for kicks, how does Crossover XI compare with the FREELY >> available PlayOnLinux? >> >> http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ >> >> I installed it recently to get MS Office working on Linux Mint and I am >> in bliss! >> >> -- >> Hari >> >> >> Message: 11 >> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:29 +0300 >> From: "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> >> To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [LUG] SoftWare Inquiry >> Message-ID: >> < >> cakgsryeqyky1iyme3tohadzpmyzsowpgp35uwziqwo7qczo...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> For those interested, there's a 1-day sale today only of CrossOver XI at >> only $16. >> >> Peter >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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