Re: [PLUG] patch Ubuntu now, Wine

[jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 1/21/22 00:28, Lynn Bradshaw wrote:
> Are there a few more details about Wine and games? 

https://www.winehq.org/

updates available.
I'm not a gamer, so I can't tell you much.


I understand it's
> improved a lot but there seem to be weird bugs here and there. I've
> used the GOG installers for "Wing Commander: Privateer" and "Might and
> Magic III" (or possibly "IV") on Linux using Wine and they both
> installed, b halfway through the whole campaign they both
> inexplicably and permanently bugged out, which I suspect is related to
> that emulation. It's extremely frustrating to put in all that effort
> only to have your emulated DOSBox crap out and deny any further
> progress.
>
> I took a bunch of flak for saying this online elsewhere but I still
> insist that, barring some retro-computing, if you want to be a gamer
> on computers, you should use Windows. I'd extend that to .NET
> development and PowerShell as well. ("Core" versions of both elements
> exist but they're both really scuffed.)
>
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:47 AM jeffv via plug
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> > 'Now' would be the right time to patch Ubuntu container hosts and ditch
> > 21.04 thanks to heap buffer overflow bug  [21.04 reaching EOL anyway]
> >
> > https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/20/ubuntu_2104_eol/
> >
> > The CVE-2022-0185 vulnerability in Ubuntu is severe enough that Red Hat
> > is also advising immediate patching.
> >
> > The flaw allows a process inside a Linux user namespace to escape, which
> > means it potentially affects any machine running containers.
> >
> >
> >
> > Version 7 of WINE is better than ever at running Windows apps where they
> > shouldn't
> >
> > https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/19/wine_7/
> >
> >
> >
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