martedì 26 novembre 2013

Wine 1.7.7 released

The Wine development release 1.7.7 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for configuring remote shares using Samba's NetAPI library.
  - Multiple keyboard layouts support in the Mac driver.
  - Improved embedding support through XEMBED.
  - Support for arrays in VBScript.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.7.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.7.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.7 

giovedì 24 ottobre 2013

Wine 1.7.4 released

The Wine development release 1.7.4 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for Cocoa-style full-screen mode in the Mac driver.
  - More preparation work for the Direct3D command stream.
  - A number of Winsock improvements.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.4.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.4.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.4 

sabato 28 settembre 2013

Wine 1.7.3 released

The Wine development release 1.7.3 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 24.
  - Preparation work for the Direct3D command stream.
  - Window management fixes in the Mac driver.
  - Support for IPHLPAPI functions on Android.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.3.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.3.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.3

venerdì 20 settembre 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Egosoft

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

I know, i missed a couple of weekly sale, i feel sorry for that.
And well, after the Humble Indie Bundle 9 (see my previous post), a new Humble Weekly Sale is here! This time, this bundle is dedicated to Egosoft!
The entire X saga is here, but just 3 of them are playable on Linux, so let's take a look at those 3 games:

- X3: Reunion + Bonus Package: The sequel to X2: The Threat, X3: Reunion, offers 130 sectors to explore and trade in, and with beautiful 3D graphics, a visit to each sector is a unique and brilliant experience. Stay on top of an ever-changing economy and face even more dastardly pirates in the third game of the X space sim series. Build relationships with other races and if you manage your reputation well, they will open up their most secret stash of goods to you for trading.



And, if you pay more than $6, you will also get:

- X3: Terran Conflict: X3: Terran Conflict includes new plot lines, missions, spaceships, and more! You'll also be introduced to a new race, the Terrans, who inhabit Earth. Soar through a stunning intergalactic universe, engage in colossal space battles, and insert yourself directly into the economy by running your own trading stations. In this open-ended sandbox game, you can choose to undertake campaigns or forge your own way.



- X3: Albion Prelude: The X Universe has been thrust into a period of turmoil, with a war between the Terran and Argon factions breaking out. Dropped in the middle of this power struggle, you can choose to join a side in the battle or take advantage of emerging economies in X3: Albion Prelude. In combat, use the game's Newtonian physics to pull off complex maneuvers. And with an astronomical world to explore, wandering into more dangerous sectors is immensely rewarding and profitable if you're successful.



This bundle includes also the soundtrack for X3: Albion Prelude and the upcoming X Rebirth!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick!

The Humble Indie Bundle 9

http://www.humblebundle.com

The time has come, for a brand new Humble Indie Bundle (the original one!), the 9th bundle!
As always, pay what you want, help charity, and get some awesome games and their soundtracks!
At the time i'm writing this post, the bundle contains 10 games (if you pay more than the average price) for all the operating systems, included of course Ubuntu!



Let's take a look to all the amazing indie games included in this bundle!

- Trine 2 Complete Story: Immerse yourself in brilliantly rich graphics and a wondrous magical world in this side-scrolling action-puzzle platformer. You’ll need to make use of a wizard, a thief, and a knight and their unique abilities in order to complete puzzles and defeat nasty-looking goblins and frightening dragons in Trine 2: Complete Story. Play by yourself and toggle between all 3 characters or play with up to 2 other friends in co-op mode. Trine 2: Complete Story includes the Goblin Menace expansion campaign and the Dwarven Caverns level.



- Mark of the Ninja: Test your ninja stealth skills in Mark of the Ninja, a side-scrolling stealth game where the possibilities are endless. Learn new techniques and arm yourself with distraction and attack items, like darts, noise makers, and grappling hooks, that will help you distract and sneak by the guards. Choose how you want to play - will you slay all the guards or use your stealth to just sneak by undetected?



- Eets Munchies (beta): A fantastic puzzle game for the whole family, Eets Munchies is a beautiful reimagining of the game that started Klei Entertainment. Featuring gorgeous animation, ridiculous creatures, and an amazing level editor, players help an adorable hungry creature devour cake in increasingly devious puzzles.



- Brutal Legend: In Brütal Legend, play as roadie Eddie Riggs (Jack Black) as you rock out and lead a band of head-banging minions to defeat some nasty-looking demons. Featuring a cast of characters voiced and inspired by heavy metal musicians including Lemmy Kilmister, Ozzy Osbourne, and Lita Ford, the game is soaked to the bone with metal.



...And if you beat the average price (now $4.76) you will also get:

- FTL: Faster Than Light: Captain a spaceship delivering critical intelligence to the Federation while being chased down by rebels in the top-down space strategy game FTL: Faster Than Light. Manage your crew through one-on-one ship combat and life or death situations, while making sure they don’t die from lack of oxygen, fires, or shots from one of an arsenal of weapons. Random scenarios make each trip through the galaxy one full of surprises and challenges.



- FEZ: Explore new dimensions (starting with the third), and see the world from a different perspective in the colorfully detailed puzzle platformer FEZ. Explore the world as Gomez, an adorable white little dude, who finds himself wearing a magical fez that grants him the power to rotate his world, effectively turning 2-D into 3-D. The universe is collapsing and restoring it has fallen entirely on your tiny little shoulders.



- Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken: It's chicken versus penguins in Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken. This side-scrolling action-platformer features clever characters and even cleverer gameplay. Play as a gun-toting chicken with the mission of taking down the tyrannical penguin faction. Besides some quick shooting action and stealthy duck and covers, you can also control a penguin with brain bugs and jet through the sky with rockets.



- A Virus Named TOM: Created by a scientist seeking revenge, you’re a virus with a three-letter name in the fast-paced action-puzzler A Virus Named TOM that’ll have your reflexes twitching. Feel your reflexes twitch as you rotate pieces to complete the circuit and spread the infection, but avoid the drones that’ll drain your energy upon contact. Infect with up to 3 friends in co-op mode and if you hate your friends, there’s also a battle mode where you can duke it out.



- Bastion: The action-RPG Bastion won over the gaming public with its incredible attention to every detail—from the tight combat controls, to the inspired, narrator-driven storytelling in a novel, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Players take on the role of the Kid, entrusted with the thankless task of restoring the world after a disastrous calamity. With a none-too-small arsenal of stylized weapons, jaw-dropping art, and amazing music, Bastion truly deserves its reputation as a must-play indie game by Supergiant Games.



- LIMBO: The captivating puzzle-platformer LIMBO is a modern classic, putting players in control of a boy's journey through a tense and hostile world. The protagonist is as fragile and hardy as you'd expect of a young kid, making for a novel and sometimes surprisingly intense adventure. With incredibly tight platforming, detailed 2D graphics, and well-designed puzzles, LIMBO has rightfully earned critical and popular acclaim for the Danish indie studio, Playdead.



And remember, you will also get all the soundtracks!
This is a great bundle, don't miss it!
What are you waiting for? You still have 6 days! Don't be stupid and be quick!

sabato 14 settembre 2013

Wine 1.7.2 released

The Wine development release 1.7.2 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Right-to-left text layout improvements.
  - NTLM and Negotiate authentication for RPC over HTTP.
  - More glyphs in the built-in Wingdings font.
  - Better system tray support in the Mac driver.
  - Activation context improvements.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.2.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.2.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.2 

lunedì 9 settembre 2013

Wine 1.7.1 released!

The Wine development release 1.7.1 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for keyed event objects.
  - Support for the "init once" synchronization mechanism.
  - Activation context support for DLLs, typelibs, and COM classes.
  - Support for loading 32-bit typelibs on 64-bit.
  - Various Mac driver fixes.
  - Some fixes for serial port devices.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.1.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.1.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.1 

sabato 24 agosto 2013

5 different ways to track frames-per-second


Hi guys! This is a tutorial about tracking some frames-per-second when running your favourite games. This tutorial will cover tracking FPS on native Linux games (2 ways to do that), on Crossover, on Wine and on PlayOnLinux!
On Windows, there's an easy way to do that, and that's using Fraps, which is an amazing program. Unfortunately, on Linux there's no program like Fraps, but don't desperate, i have the solution for you!
Why do you have to track FPS? The answer is pretty simple, sometimes you want to check the performances of the game on your OS, maybe changing some options to improve those performances and make the game run better than before.
So, let's begin with...

Crossover:

First of all, launch the program and go into the "manage bottles" section.
Now, select a bottle and click on "run command..."



In this section, select the right command (the main executable of the game), click on "debug options", then "create log file", and write "+fps" inside the "other:" blank line.



Then, click on "run". At this moment, the program will ask you where to put the log file you're about to create, so choose the folder you prefer and give a name to the file (for example: NBA 2K13.log).
Play the game as usual. The more you play it, the more it will be accurate.
When you go back to the desktop, double-click on the log you've created.



This is the only way to do that. You can't track FPS in-game, but you can get informations about the lowest and the highest FPS you get inside the game, and an average value of them (the average value is the number which is repeated more times).

PlayOnLinux:

Launch the program, click on a shortcut and then on "configure".
As you can see, there's a "debug flags" line. Write "fps" inside that, and close the window.



Now, instead of running the game with the "run" command, click on "run debug".
It will open a window, the debug window, where FPS are tracked.
Play the game as usual. The more you play it, the more it will be accurate.
When you go back to the desktop, the window is still opened.



You can choose to check your FPS inside the window, or open the log file. If you want to do that, click on "find this log file", it will open a folder (/home/yourusername/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/nameoftheshortcut/), and it will tell you that the log file is called "playonlinux.log". Open that file, and you've done it!



This is the only way to do that. You can't track FPS in-game, but you can get informations about the lowest and the highest FPS you get inside the game, and an average value of them (the average value is the number which is repeated more times).

Wine:

Open the terminal inside the main directory of the game.
Then, run this command "WINEDEBUG=fps wine ./mainexecutableofthegame.exe 2>&1 | tee /dev/stderr | grep --line-buffered "^trace:fps:" | osd_cat".



The game will open, and you will see in the left-upper part of the screen, the FPS you're getting while playing.



This is an easy way to track your FPS, but nothing will be saved inside a file.
If you want to save your performances inside a file, you have to run this command instead of the previous one: "WINEDEBUG=fps wine ./mainexecutableofthegame.exe &> /home/yourusername/Desktop/nameofthelog.log | tee /dev/stderr | grep --line-buffered "^trace:fps:" | osd_cat"



The game will run, you will NOT see the FPS while playing the game, but they will be saved inside a file. Close the game, go to the desktop, open the file and...



Native Linux client (debug console method):

This method works only if the game you're running provides a debug console.
In general, you can search "nameofthegame show fps" on Google to find out if you can track FPS in your game without external tricks.
For example, Half-Life provides a debug console which can be shown with the "\" button.
The command to show FPS inside the game is "cl_showfps 1"



Close the console, and this is the result..



Nothing will be saved inside a file and there's no way to do that.

Native Linux client (Mumble method):

If your game does not provide a console or any way to show FPS, Mumble is what you wish for.
Mumble is a teamspeak-like program, which provides some overlay options, including FPS tracking.
First of all, install it with the command "sudo apt-get install mumble".



Now, if you use a 32-bit version of Ubuntu, you can easily skip the next 3 steps.
But, if you use a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, you may have some library issues. Here's the way to solve those problems.
Open this link: "rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=libmumble.so.1".
Download the file "mumble-plugins-1.2.4-0.20120422.1.i586.rpm".



Extract it with the archive manager to your desktop folder.



Now, open a terminal inside the extracted /home/yourusername/Desktop/usr/lib/mumble/ folder.
Run the command "sudo cp .* /usr/lib32"



Then, finally open the program. Open "settings -> overlay". Click on "show FPS counter" and check if "enable overlay" is ON.



DO NOT CLOSE MUMBLE. This is very important, do not close it. Leave it open (you can reduce it if you want).
Open a terminal inside the folder of the game you want to play.
Type this command "mumble-overlay ./executableofthegame"



The game will run.



And then, you will see your FPS counter in the left-upper part of the screen (yeah, just like FRAPS).
Nothing will be saved inside a file and there's no way to do that.

So, if you enjoyed this tutorial, or you have some other tips, or you want to ask me anything, feel free to send me an email or just answer this post, i will always answer you!

venerdì 23 agosto 2013

Let's Play: Brutal Legend

http://www.doublefine.com/brutallegend/

Welcome again to a new "Let's Play".
It is now time for such a great game, a triple A game which has a native Linux client (and this is awesome)... I'm talking about "Brutal Legend"!
Brutal Legend features a heavy metal tracklist and some original voices by Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Black, Lemmy (Motorhead) and so on.. And since i'm a heavy metal fan, i LOVE this game.
Great graphics, violence, funny and original voices, all in a game!



But, let's see how to install and play this game on Ubuntu.

A hard choice?

No, not at all. First i want to tell you that the Linux version of the game was released inside the "Humble Double Fine Bundle", and i don't know if another Linux version is available right now. So, all you gotta do is to download the Humble Bundle version and install it on Ubuntu (be careful, it's about 8 GB).

Talking about performances...

First of all, my hardware:

agp_aperture_size: 256
cpu: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
cpu_ghz: 3.21
distro: Ubuntu 13.04 raring
kernel: 3.8.0-30-generic
machine_bitness: 64
memory: 3953
soundcard: HDA ATI SB at 0xfbcf4000 irq 16
soundcard_driver: ALSA Version k3.8.0-30-generic
videocard_direct: True
videocard_driver_version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 325.15
videocard_manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
videocard_ram: 1024
videocard_type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
x_version: X.Org X Server 1.13.4

Here's the pain. The game works, and that's a fact. I tested it on my Ubuntu 13.04 x64 and on Windows 7 x64. I found out that performances are good with "low" quality (which is not actually bad, it's nice but it's not the best), but are very bad with "high" quality (all maxed out). The good thing is that performances are quite similar on Ubuntu and on Windows. My conclusion is that the game, firstly went out on console, has not been optimized for PC, so even if the game does not require a powerful hardware, it stutters at high settings. However, another good thing is that the game is awesome even at low settings.
Anyway, check this graphs out (FXAA << SSAA4x):





As you can see, performances on high settings (last graph) are quite bad, even on Windows.

Installation



The process depends on your connection speed.
Quite simple: download the .deb, install it, play.

Running



That's all. Feel free to send me an email or leave a comment if you got some problems or if you just wanna ask me a question. I will always answer you!

giovedì 22 agosto 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Hosted by PewDiePie

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Damas y caballeros, it's now time for another humble weekly sale!
This week it's a very strange one: all the games contained in this bundle have been chosen by a youtuber, PewDiePie (if you don't know him, here's his channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie).



Let's see which games PewDiePie has chosen for this bundle:

- Botanicula: In Botanicula, you must guide a motley band of tree creatures in a journey to save their home from brooding, spider-like invaders. With a huge cast of charming characters, Botanicula is the latest and greatest example of Amanita Design's unique storybook vision brought to vivid fruition in a point-and-click adventure game.



- McPixel: You've got 20 seconds to save the day in McPixel! This point-and-click parody of MacGyver will have you scrambling to put out a stick of dynamite in 100 different levels. You'll find yourself in some absurd situations, like standing on a roof with a cow or facing a sumo wrestler with a Poké Ball. Once you've mastered all the levels, you can also create your own levels of hilariousness and insanity.



- Thomas Was Alone: It's hip to be a square (or any other kind of parallelogram) in Thomas Was Alone, a minimalistic puzzle-platformer. Start out as Thomas, a red rectangle, then fall and jump through 100 levels as you discover new friends along the way. You'll run into John, a tall, lanky, and helpful yellow rectangle, Sarah, a pint-sized curious purple rectangle with a powerful double jump, and more, as you fall in love with the characters in this simple but endearing game of quadrilaterals.



...And, if you pay more than the average (now $2.85) you'll also get:

- Amnesia: the Dark Descent: Amnesia: The Dark Descent is Frictional Games' first-person, survival horror masterpiece, pitting a weaponless protagonist against the darkest secrets of the castle he's trapped in. With an emphasis on puzzle-solving and maintaining sanity amidst unspeakable abominations, Amnesia's tense adventure breaks new ground for a well-loved, but challenging genre.



Pay what you want, help charity and get all the soundtracks!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick, you have (gosh, i didn't noticed that) 7 hours!

giovedì 15 agosto 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Introversion

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

LLLLLLadies and gentlemen, here's the new Humble Weekly Sale, the "Introversion" Humble Weekly Sale, featuring 4 Linux games plus the pre-order for coming game Prison Architect!



Let's take a look at these games:

- Uplink: in Uplink, players take on the role of a hacker for-hire, breaking into computer systems and nabbing valuable, secret information.



- Darwinia: the award-winning Darwinia combines sweet bits of arcade action with engaging strategic gameplay, making it a must-play, retro visual experience. In environments reminiscent of Tron and Lawnmower Man, players must deploy and control combat programs to fight off a malicious virus corrupting the Darwinia network.



- Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest: Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest spins the core gameplay of Darwinia into six competitive multiplayer game modes for one to four players. The objectives for each mode vary, from the familiar capture the flag-style game mode, to the task-based "Rocket Riot" mode, which has players competing to be the first to leave the planet.



- Defcon: inspired by the classic geek film WarGames, DEFCON emulates the experience of Cold War-era, global thermonuclear war on a "big board" map of the world. Up to six players compete as generals of opposing nations, with the basic goal of eliminating as much of the enemy’s population as possible while minimizing their own losses.



...And if you pay more than $24.99, you also get the pre-order of...

- Prison Architect: build and manage a maximum security prison in the top-down prison management sim Prison Architect. It’s entirely your choice when it comes to building the most horrifying prison or the most luxurious penitentiary ever.



All soundtracks are included!
Unfortunately, the week is about to end, so you only have 8 hours to get this bundle. So... What are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick!

giovedì 8 agosto 2013

Wine 1.7.0 released

The Wine development release 1.7.0 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Support for vertical text in the Postscript driver.
  - Version 2 of liblcms used now instead of version 1.
  - Unicode data updated to Unicode 6.2.0.
  - Hyperlink controls supported in installers.
  - Improved support for XML attributes.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.7.0.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.7/wine-1.7.0.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.7.0 

lunedì 22 luglio 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Jim Guthrie and Friends

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

This week, the Humble Weekly Sale comes with 11 albums from composer Jim Guthrie... But...
If you pay more than the average price (now $3.62) you will also get Indie Game: the Movie (which is not a game), and "Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP", available for all platforms, including Linux.
We've already seen this game in previous bundles, but if you haven't bought it yet, this could be the right moment!

- Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP delivers a completely fresh adventure gaming experience, defying conventions to develop a unique kind of storytelling. The plot is unveiled in "sessions," each of which involves traversing a mythical realm, using your sword to battle, and evoking sworcery to solve puzzles. Every scene overflows with rich graphic and auditory detail, featuring distinctive artwork by Superbrothers Inc. and music and sound design by Jim Guthrie.



So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick, this bundle ends in 4 days!

venerdì 19 luglio 2013

Wine 1.6 released

The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 1.6
is now available.

This release represents 16 months of development effort and around
10,000 individual changes. The main highlights are the new Mac driver,
the full support for window transparency, and the new Mono package for
.NET applications support.

It also contains a lot of improvements across the board, as well as
support for many new applications and games. See the release notes
below for a summary of the major changes.
 
The changelog is available at this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6 

sabato 13 luglio 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Spiderweb Software

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

It's been a while and i missed some bundles, i know, and i'm sorry for that.
But i'm here to tell you that there's a new weekly sale!
A poor one, for us Linux users, but good anyway.
This week, pay what you want, and you can get 6 games + extra stuff. But only 1 of these 6 games is for Linux also, and it's a game which has been bundled already. If you haven't got it so far, here is the game:

- Avadon: the Black Fortress: the first game in the epic fantasy saga, Avadon: The Black Fortress places you in the sprawling land of Lynaeus. As a Hand of Avadon, it is your duty to protect the Pact, an alliance of five nations, and uncover any conspiracies against it. With four character classes and a copious amount of different endings, Avadon: The Black Fortress has immense replay value.



You have 5 days to get this game for the price you set.
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick! Pay what you want and help charity!

Wine 1.6-rc5 released

The Wine development release 1.6-rc5 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.6-rc5.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.6/wine-1.6-rc5.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6-rc5 

giovedì 11 luglio 2013

Wine 1.6-rc4 released

The Wine development release 1.6-rc4 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.6-rc4.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.6/wine-1.6-rc4.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6-rc4 

mercoledì 26 giugno 2013

Wine 1.6-rc3 released

The Wine development release 1.6-rc3 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.6-rc3.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.6/wine-1.6-rc3.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6-rc3 

lunedì 10 giugno 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Serious Sam

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

This week, there's a nice bundle for everybody!



It contains 8 games regarding the Serious Sam series, but only one of them is available for Linux also (and it's redeemable on Steam for Linux too!)... It is Serious Sam 3 BFE Edition, and it's available if you pay more than the average (at the moment $4.38).

- Serious Sam 3: BFE Edition: a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs, and pulling the trigger made things go boom. As a prequel to the original Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam 3: BFE takes place during the Earth’s final struggle against Mental’s invading legions. Set against collapsing temples and crumbling cities of 22nd century Egypt, Serious Sam 3: BFE is an exhilarating fusion of classic twitch shooters and modern gameplay features.



So, if you pay more than the average, you get 8 games (7 for Windows only and 1 for Linux also) and all the soundtracks!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick! You still have 2 days!

Wine 1.6-rc1 released

The Wine development release 1.6-rc1 is now available.

This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 1.6. It
marks the beginning of the code freeze period. Please give this
release a good testing to help us make 1.6 as good as possible.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - New implementation of the typelib creation support.
  - GLSL-based support for fixed function vertex shaders.
  - Support for desktop launchers in virtual desktop mode.
  - Fixes for Japanese vertical text.
  - New Croatian translation.
  - Various bug fixes.
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.6-rc1 

mercoledì 5 giugno 2013

The Humble Indie Bundle 8

http://www.humblebundle.com

Joy and happiness for everybody! The Humble Indie Bundle 8 is here among us!



And, IMHO, this could be the best Humble Bundle ever released... Do you wanna know why?
Well, pay what you want, help charity, get some amazing soundtracks and.. If you beat the average, you get an incredible bundle with 11 (ELEVEN) astonishing indie games.
If you don't believe me, here are the games included!

You don't need to buy iPhone games anymore! On http://iphone.mob.org/ you can download free games for iPhone, iPad or iPod just in few seconds.

- Little Inferno: cloaked under the simple gameplay, Little Inferno is a thoughtful and clever satire on casual games. Channel your inner pyromaniac in this charming and witty sandbox puzzler.



- Awesomenauts: awesomely awesome, oozing with character and colorful cartoonish fun. This 3 vs. 3 multiplayer action platformer will have you attacking your opponents and their turrets while also defending your own base from attack across a variety of 2-D maps.



- Capsized: a 2-D platformer filled with colorful detailed landscapes and blood-thirsty monsters.



- Thomas Was Alone: it’s hip to be a square (or any other kind of parallelogram) in Thomas Was Alone, a minimalistic puzzle-platformer. Start out as Thomas, a red rectangle, then fall and jump through 100 levels as you discover new friends along the way.



Dear Esther: an experimental first-person adventure, strongly driven by a fractured narrative.



...Plus all 5 soundtracks.
But, if you beat the average, you get also:

- Hotline Miami: think quick and strategically in Hotline Miami, a 2-D top-down action game that rewards caution, tactics, and trial and error.



- Proteus: is a game of audio-visual exploration and discovery that has you wandering an exotic, mysterious island. Frolic across the landscape, revel in the changing seasons, lose yourself in the ambient sounds.



- Tiny and Big in Grandpa's Leftovers: play as Tiny, who's on a mission to get his magical underpants back from the bully Big. With a grappling hook, rocket launcher, and laser gun at your disposal, you can manipulate the environment to find your way to Big.



- Intrusion 2: suit up in a bright red scarf in this fast-paced 2-D action platformer. Culminating in a merciless and epic final boss fight, Intrusion 2 brings ragdoll physics to classic side-scrolling arcade shooters.



- English Country Tune: love a good challenge? Then you might be ready to take on English Country Tune, a geometric puzzler that might just push you over the edge.



- Oil Rush: in a world where oil is in high demand and there's a short supply, you must capture oil platforms in order to harvest precious resources. Undertake 16 missions in a single-player campaign mode and battle across 15 maps in multiplayer mode.



..And of course, all six soundtracks!
Well, you must admit it, this is at least one of the best bundles ever.
And all of these games are redeemable on Steam (but most of them are only redeemable on Steam for Windows)!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick!!!

martedì 28 maggio 2013

Wine 1.5.31 released

The Wine development release 1.5.31 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 21.
  - Joystick force feedback support on Mac OS X.
  - Window management fixes in the Mac driver.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.31.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.31.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.31

sabato 4 maggio 2013

CrossOver 12.2.0 released


CrossOver 12.2.0 has been released!
Here's the changelog:

  * 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.
      
 * Language Support:
    - Fixed a bug which sometimes caused Traditional Chinese to
      be used even when a user's preferences were set to
      Simplified Chinese.

Download the free trial now!

sabato 27 aprile 2013

Wine 1.5.29 released

The Wine development release 1.5.29 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Input method support in the Mac driver.
  - Support for TLS 1.1 and 1.2 connections on Mac OS X.
  - JavaScript performance improvements.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.29.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.29.tar.bz2 
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.29 

Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" released

http://www.ubuntu.com

The new Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" has been released!
There are some new features, and i want to thank again OMG! Ubuntu! for this video!



Download it now!

domenica 14 aprile 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Blendo Games

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

This week, you could get 3 games (2 also for Linux, 1 only for Windows), which are Air Forte (for Linux with soundtrack and Steam key), Flotilla (only for Windows, Steam key) and Atom Zombie Smasher (for Linux + soundtrack and Steam key).
All of this for $1!







And remember, part of your money will go to charity!
So, pay what you want, help charity, get amazing games and many other contents!
What are you waiting for? Don't be a stupid and be quick!

Wine 1.5.28 released

The Wine development release 1.5.28 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - 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 from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.28.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.28.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.28 

sabato 6 aprile 2013

The Humble Weekly Sale: Red Orchestra, Red Orchestra 2 and Killing Floor

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

This week, you could get 3 games (2 also for Linux, 1 only for Windows), which are Red Orchestra (for Linux with soundtrack), Red Orchestra 2 (only for Windows, with soundtrack, GOTY edition) and Killing Floor (for Linux + soundtrack and 11 DLCs).






Now, you can buy the first 2 games paying $1 or more, but if you want...

- You can beat the average (now $2.89) to get Killing Floor.


 

And remember, part of your money will go to charity!
So, pay what you want, help charity, get amazing games and many other contents!
What are you waiting for? Don't be a stupid and be quick!

Wine 1.5.27 released

The Wine development release 1.5.27 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - System tray support in the Mac driver.
  - Various C runtime improvements.
  - Large icons for built-in applications.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.27.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.27.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.27 

venerdì 22 marzo 2013

Let's Play: PCSXR


Hello again, and welcome to a new let's play!
Have you ever dreamed of playing good old Playstation games on your favourite O.S.? This is exactly what you need!
Ladies and gentlemen, i give to you the best PSX emulator for Ubuntu... PCSXE!

A matter of choice!

There's nothing to choice. PCSXE works on the most used Linux distributions, and has its own client for Ubuntu 32-bit and 64-bit.

Talking about performances..

First of all, my hardware:

agp_aperture_size: 256
cpu: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
cpu_ghz: 3.20
distro: Ubuntu 12.10 quantal
kernel: 3.5.0-26-generic
machine_bitness: 64
memory: 3953
soundcard: HDA ATI SB at 0xfbcf4000 irq 16
soundcard_driver: ALSA Version 1.0.25
videocard_direct: True
videocard_driver_version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
videocard_manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
videocard_ram: 1024
videocard_type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
x_version: X.Org X Server 1.13.0

I always said that some emulators performances do not depend by your hardware (in this particular case, PSX is a 1995 console, so all you need is a PC which can still turn on -_-). Anyway, as you're gonna see in my video, i'm always at 60 FPS, so performances are great.

Installation



The installation progress takes about 2 minutes.
You don't have to set anything, the emulator works perfectly without any particular setting (all you have to do is change some video options, if you want).

Running



Feel free to send me an email or leave a comment if you got some problems or if you just wanna ask me a question. I will always answer you!

The Humble Weekly Sale: Bastion

http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Amazing news! The Humble Bundle team has released his first "Humble Weekly Sale"! What's that?
Simple. Every tuesday, a new game is released and can be bought for only 1 dollar (or more). BUT, there's also the possibility to unlock some new contents and/or merchandise. If you beat a price (which can be an average for new contents or a higher price for the merchandise) you get soundtracks, manuals and for the first time, physical merchandise like bandanas, original CDs, postcards etc...

This week, the Humble Weekly Sale contains one of the best indie games ever released: Bastion!



Now, you can buy the game paying $1 or more, but if you want...

- You can beat the average (now $2.65) to get:

Bonus Content

- Or you can pay more than $25 to get:

Merchandise

And remember, part of your money will go to charity!
So, pay what you want, help charity, get amazing games and many other contents (also physical merchandise)!
What are you waiting for? Don't be a stupid and be quick!

sabato 16 marzo 2013

Wine 1.5.26 released

The Wine development release 1.5.26 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - OpenGL support in the Mac driver.
  - Clipboard and drag&drop support in the Mac driver.
  - Improvements to the URL cache.
  - Some fixes for ARM binaries.
  - SPARC platform no longer supported.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.26.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.26.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.26 

venerdì 15 marzo 2013

The Humble Bundle with Android 5

http://www.humblebundle.com

It's time to humble again!
This is the fifth bundle which also contains Android games!
If you're lucky owner of Android phone or tablet, you'd be glad to know that on http://android.mob.org/ you can download best free Android games, ringtones and wallpapers. You can get any mobile game on this portal without any payments.
This bundle contains 9 games, downloadable on PC and on Android!




Remember, pay what you want, help charity, and get some amazing games!
Let's see now which games are contained into this bundle:

- Beat Hazard Ultra: an arcade shooter powered by music — just choose any song from the game or from your music collection to fuel your gameplay.



- Dynamite Jack: armed with nothing but a flashlight and an unlimited supply of bombs, you’ll need to escape the Anathema Mines in Dynamite Jack.



- Solar 2: in an open world with no linear gameplay, you can build a solar system, wage war against other planets, or wreak absolute havoc as a black hole.



- NightSky HD: a physics puzzle game set in 10 mysterious worlds of silhouettes and soothing music.



And, if you beat the average (now $6.87) you also get:

- Splice: resequence, mutate, and splice in this experimental microbial puzzler by Cipher Prime.



- Super Hexagon: in this deceptively simple game, you’ll have to deal with a spinning screen and rapidly changing colors synced to brain-pumping music.



- Dungeon Defenders + DLC: defend the Eternia Crystals in your tower alone as one of four hero classes, or team up with other players to beat ogres to a pulp in the action RPG Dungeon Defenders.



- Crayon Physics Deluxe: in Crayon Physics Deluxe, your doodles and drawings transform into objects you can use to push, pull, slide, shield, and catapult the ball towards the goal in more than 70 distinct levels.



- Superbrothers-Sword & Sworcery EP:  the plot is unveiled in "sessions," each of which involves traveling through the countryside and solving puzzles and combat challenges.



And of course, you also get all the soundtracks!
So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be quick! You still have 4 days!!!

Wine 1.5.25 released

The Wine development release 1.5.25 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Proper cursor support in the Mac driver.
  - Fixes for right-to-left support in RichEdit.
  - Initial version of a Wingdings font.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.25.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.25.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of the bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.25

mercoledì 27 febbraio 2013

The Humble Bundle Mojam #2

http://www.humblebundle.com

Do you remember the Humble Bundle Mojam? Yes, it is now time for the second episode of this bundle!
Developers from Mojang, Wolfire, Oxeye, Vlambeer, Grapefrukt and Ludosity are creating games in 72 hours! Pay what you want for a bunch of brand new indie games!




Unfortunately, i'm late again. For the first 72 hours you could see those developers creating live. Now, they finished their live streaming and are building the executables for the games created.
But you're still in time for paying and getting all the games!
You have still a few days!
Don't be stupid and be quick, pay what you want, help charity and get a bunch of brand new games!

Wine 1.5.24 released

The Wine development release 1.5.24 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Keyboard and mouse wheel support in the Mac driver.
  - Regular expression support in VB Script.
  - Many RichEdit code cleanups.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.24.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.24.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.24 

domenica 3 febbraio 2013

Wine 1.5.23 released

The Wine development release 1.5.23 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - HTTPS support no longer dependent on OpenSSL.
  - Support for event handling in the Mac driver.
  - A functional Netstat built-in application.
  - A bunch of C++ runtime math functions.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.23.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.23.tar.bz2 
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.23 

sabato 19 gennaio 2013

Let's Play: Street Fighter X Tekken


Welcome again to a brand new Let's Play! This time i'm going to show you how to install and run without too much pain in the ass, one of the games from the most famous series of fighting games in history: Street Fighter X Tekken! This game uses the same fighting system and graphics as Street Fighter 4, but includes characters from Tekken world.
So, let's see how it works!

A hard choice?

No, it is not. Do you wanna know why?

Street Fighter X Tekken on Crossover 12 (12.0.0 version):

The game installs correctly and starts fine. But after game logo, main menù is completely black and there's no way to do anything.

Street Fighter X Tekken on PlayOnLinux (Wine 1.5.21 version):

This time, the game installs fine and with a couple of tricks, you can completely enjoy it with more than good performances. First of all, the feature Games for Windows LIVE should be disabled if you really want to play this game. How? Simple. Just download the appropriate DLL and extract it inside the main folder of the game (see below for the link). Then, there's a disturbing bug which causes blinking screen while playing, but there's an easy solution. Just edit your ~/.wine/drive_c/users//My Documents/CAPCOM/SFTK/config.ini, and under [SYSTEM] change RenderingThread=ON to RenderingThread=OFF. Easy, huh? Final step: videos don't work. I missed how to solve this issue in my video, but i'm gonna tell you here how to do that. If you're using Wine without Playonlinux, open a terminal and type "winetricks wmp9 quartz devenum", then download K-Lite Codec Pack and install it (open a terminal, type "wine K-Lite_Codec_Pack_970_Basic.exe" and follow the instructions). If you're using Playonlinux, click on SFXT shortcut, click on configure, go under "install components" and install wmp9, quartz and devenum packages, then download K-Lite Codec Pack and install it in the same virtual drive as SFXT. Then you can play your game! So:

- Download this DLL and put it inside the main directory of the game: http://megagames.com/fixes/street-fighter-x-tekken-v10-all-no-dvd-theta
- Edit your ~/.wine/drive_c/users//My Documents/CAPCOM/SFTK/config.ini, and under [SYSTEM] change RenderingThread=ON to RenderingThread=OFF
- Type "winetricks wmp9 quartz devenum" in a terminal, download K-Lite Codec Pack (basic version) from http://codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_basic.htm, and type "wine K-Lite_Codec_Pack_970_Basic.exe" in a terminal, if you use Wine without Playonlinux. Otherwise, click on SFXT shortcut, click on configure, go under "install components" and install wmp9, quartz and devenum packages, then download K-Lite Codec Pack from the same link as above and install it in the same virtual drive as SFXT.

Are you happy? Say YEAH!

Talking about performances...

First of all, my hardware:

agp_aperture_size: 256
cpu: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor
cpu_ghz: 0.80
distro: Ubuntu 12.10 quantal
kernel: 3.5.0-22-generic
machine_bitness: 64
memory: 3953
soundcard: HDA ATI SB at 0xfbcf4000 irq 16
soundcard_driver: ALSA Version 1.0.25
videocard_direct: True
videocard_driver_version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
videocard_manufacturer: NVIDIA Corporation
videocard_ram: 1024
videocard_type: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
x_version: X.Org X Server 1.13.0

This game is a bit heavy, especially on high quality, but it is greatly playable by anybody with a good hardware. I also suggest the latest closed source drivers of your graphic card.
Let's see how it works on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit and on Windows 7 64-bit.

Low quality

Medium quality

High quality

Of course we couldn't expect something else. The game works fine on Windows, and on Linux there are no significant differences between medium and high quality. There is a big boost on low quality, but in this way there are no landscapes, what you see is just the characters on a black background. It's too ugly to be played like this. So if you got a powerful hardware, go with high quality and play the game.

Conclusion: use PlayOnLinux/Wine.

Installation:



The process takes about 15 minutes, included post-installation tricks.

Running:



That's all. Feel free to send me an email or leave a comment if you got some problems or if you just wanna ask me a question. I will always answer you!

Wine 1.5.22 released

The Wine development release 1.5.22 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - New version of the Gecko engine.
  - Beginnings of the Mac graphics driver.
  - Support for ARM64 platforms.
  - Fixes for RTL text in Uniscribe.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.22.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.22.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.22

martedì 15 gennaio 2013

Crossover 12 released

On December 12th 2012, Crossover 12 has been released.

This is the changelog:

Linux:

- CrossOver Linux now installs a single desktop menu item
      rather than a multitude of desktop menus. This approach works
      better with desktop systems such as GNOME 3 and Unity, which
      usually don't have a hierarchical desktop menu structure.
    - CrossOver now has much better support for window transparency
      (layered windows) when a compositing window manager is
      available. (When the Mac Driver is complete, this feature will
      be available on OS X as well). Many transparent windows will
      now work that did not before. Improvements in this area
      include:
      - Microsoft Office applications in the Office 2003 and Office 2007
        suites will now behave properly when working with embedded
        pictures or graphics. Previously, rotating or resizing embedded
        graphics caused the screen to go temporarily black;
      - Game launchers (such as that for Guild Wars 2, for example) which
        use color-keying to create transparent window areas will display
        properly rather than being drawn with black borders;
      - ...and many more.
    - We have resolved some issues which caused printers not to appear.

  Application Support:

    - CrossOver now supports World of Tanks.
    - CrossOver now supports Quicken 2013.
    - CrossOver now supports installation of .Net 4.0.
    - CrossOver linux now supports Guild Wars 2. Guild Wars 2 will
      run for many people on CrossOver Mac, but many users will
      encounter persistent graphics problems. Previously, CodeWeavers
      had released a specially-built version of CrossOver dedicated
      to running Guild Wars 2. That is no longer necessary.
    - Improvements to Microsoft Office:
      - Fixed a crash displaying certain email messages in Outlook 2010.
      - Outlook 2010 will now save passwords.
      - Improved Gmail and other IMAP connections with Outlook 2007.
      - Fixed auto-discovery during account configuration for
        Outlook 2007.
      - PowerPoint 2010 now displays equations in slide shows.
      - PowerPoint 2010 no longer displays blank slides.
      - Fixed bugs in Word 2010 which caused the equation editor to
        be missing structures and formulas.
      - Fixed a bug in Word 2010 related to footnote style choices.
      - Project 2007 and 2010 can now edit dates for recurring tasks.
      - Fixed a crash in Project 2010 when filtering by resource name.
      - Visio 2002 can now search for new shapes.
      - Visio 2010 now displays properly when multiple shapes are open.
    - Star Trek Online is now faster during game updates.
    - Quicken 2009 no longer has garbled text on its buttons.
    - An issue with installation of .Net 3.5 SP1 was resolved.
    - World of Warcraft has had fixes related to patching and
      installation.

 CrossOver and Wine:

    - CrossOver is now based on Wine 1.5.15.
    - CrossOver's built-in web-browser will offer to download and
      install ActiveX controls.
    - CrossOver now comes bundled with the Wine-Mono package, an
      alternative implementation of the .Net API.
    - CrossOver now implements Raw Input, the set of APIs used for
      mouse input by games like Guild Wars 2, World of Tanks, and others.
    - Support for printing on a variety of paper sizes has been improved.
    - DirectSound has a new resampler, for higher quality audio.
    - CrossOver now has sub-pixel font anti-aliasing.

Download it from:

http://www.codeweavers.com/

Wine 1.5.21 released

I know, i missed the 1.5.20 release. As i said before, i've been pretty busy the last month, and i'm sorry for that.

The Wine development release 1.5.21 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Beginnings of a netstat built-in program.
  - Support for selecting resolution in the PostScript driver.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.21.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.21.tar.bz2
 
For the complete list of bug fixes, follow this link:
 
http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.21

martedì 1 gennaio 2013

The Humble Indie Bundle #7

http://www.humblebundle.com

First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. This would be the first post of the year, and i know it comes a bit late, since this bundle has been released about 10 days ago. But, you know, i've been pretty busy with all Christmas stuff. Anyway, let's get ready to humbleeeeeeeeee!
The seventh Humble Indie Bundle has been released, and as always, it is amazing!



When it first came, the bundle contained a few (good) games and a movie (plus, all the soundtracks). But now, since some days passed away, the bundle has been updated with more games, and now it contains 9 games and a movie!
Let's take a look to all the games and the movie contained inside this bundle!

- Snapshot: in this creative and colorful side-scrolling puzzler by Retro Affect, guide Pic, a robot lost in an abandoned world and armed with a very unique device: his camera!



- Closure: in the dark and mysterious world of Closure, only what you see exists. Manipulate lights to phase objects in and out of reality in this platform puzzler!



- The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC: fight your fears with tears in this top-down action RPG shooter with heavy rogue-like elements.



- Shank 2: ex-mob hit man Shank is back in Shank 2, the fantastic sequel to the beloved original 2D side-scrolling brawler.



- Indie Game: the Movie: a fantastic feature-length documentary about making video games. It specifically focuses on Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes during the development of Super Meat Boy, Phil Fish while he develops Fez, and Jonathan Blow and his acclaimed indie title, Braid.



And, if you pay more than the average price, you also get...

- Dungeon Defenders + DLC: a combination action RPG/tower defense game that lets you (and 3 other friends!) take on the role of four different hero classes and fend off an invasion of baddies.



- Legend of Grimrock: old school and modern gaming combines in this thrilling dungeon crawler RPG from Almost Human Games.



- The Basement Collection: it features a compilation of Flash games from the unique mind of Edmund McMillen (Super Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac).



- Offspring Fling: a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children. She'll have to fight her way through over 100 levels of action puzzle platforming to get them all back home.



- Cave Story+: a 2D platformer in the "metroidvania" tradition, with a classic, world-saving hero and an emphasis on exploration and discovery.



I said it, this post comes a bit late, and you still have just 1 day and a half to buy this bundle. Pay what you want, help charity, and get 9 fantastic games, a movie, and all the soundtracks! So, what are you waiting for? Don't be stupid and be (this time, seriously) quick!