WinUAE under WINE on Linux?

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whiteb wrote:
ummmm, why would you want to run an EMULATOR, inside an EMULATOR ?

WINE Is Not an Emulator.. the clue's in the name ;-)

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Colani1200 wrote:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12718

I would be great if it worked perfectly :-( WinUAE is still a few generations ahead of E-UAE...

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mingle wrote:
Ah ha! The Wine App DB - something else I didn't know about!

I've just reinstalled Ubuntu since my Wine install did something nasty to the stability of the system!

I have to say that my Linux attempts (this is my 3rd foray) always result in a system that's far less stable and much trickier to configure than my trusty WinXP Pro install - 5 years and still going strong without a SINGLE lock-up or crash!

Cheers,

Mike.

Linux isn't for the "Home User", WindowXP is. If you need UNIX at home I would say go MacOS X... But I like MacOS X, so I am biased  :-)

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mingle wrote:
Home user, eh?

Actually I'm in IT and am far from some simple non-techie - although I never refer to myself as a 'nerd'!

Wow! touchy or what!?!? I must have hit a nerve there... I like to think of my self as a techie too... but that doesn't mean I want to use a painfully complex UNIX at home... I prefer to run MacOS X at home, and on the odd occasion I need some particular piece of software WinXP (usually in parallels now).

I'd say OSX (10.4.11 was the one I was using) is far more suited to the 'home user'/consumer than any other OS.

Ok... That's kinda what I said...

I never liked OSX and sold sold my Mac a few months ago.

Not sure what there's not to like... Nice clean, simple, stable, secure and with a full blown UNIX underneath if you want to do something a bit clever.... Preferable to Windows in that regard.

Linux has great potential and feels more 'Amiga-like' than any other mainstream OS at the moment.

Linux is a good free UNIX... and feels nothing like Amiga...

The community around it is awesome.

True... though at times too arrogant. The *BSD crews seem more friendly.

However it is still somewhat painful and irritating to get running exactly the way I want.

I agree, that's why I suggested OS X for a nice UNIX to have at home.

I've always found XP Pro to be rock-solid and never understand what people do to make it run so badly on their systems.

Well, I've had my issues with XP... but I've had equal (but different) issues with Linux... so it's swings and roundabouts...

Linux is almost always issues with drivers and various bits of software not playing fair... With XP... it was a eventual gunge up of the system every 14 months (yeah, I know it's my fault, but I do like to use the OS...), the painful Network set up (much better now with SP2) and the spybots, AVs and firewalls that I had to run all the time... painful...

 Sure I have to run a virus scanner, but apart from that it's been great. It also has by far and away the biggest range of software - which is why I was trying Wine on my Ubuntu install.

Or use VMware?

I'd love to be able to run some of my VSTis (Korg Legacy, Kontakt, etc) on Linux, but I suspect if WinUAE is causing probs I've NO chance with them!

Hmmm... I skipped over VSTis and went to Audio Units... since they integrate better with the Audio sub system, they have lower latency. If you are making music, I honestly would lose XP and go OSX...

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Colani1200 wrote:

bloodline wrote:
If you are making music, I honestly would lose XP and go OSX...

Basically I agree. But for XP, there is a lot more freeware (VSTi synths / effects). So far, this kept me from buying a Mac for making music. I plan to stick to XP with my music machine until the open source DAWs like Rosegarden and the like ar far enough and run VSTis without problems.

With music software... I believe, you get what you pay for :-)