Wine 1.5.18 released

The Wine development release 1.5.18 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Various Windows Codecs improvements.
  - Fixes for OLE database support.
  - Improvements to system parameters management.
  - Some fixes to the built-in Web browser.
  - Fixes for XML support.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.18.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.18.tar.bz2

For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:

http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.18

Humble Bundle for Android #4 adds 5 games

http://www.humblebundle.com

Great news! 5 games have been added to the Humble Bundle for Android #4!
Let's take a look at these five games!

- Canabalt: the sublime, indie parkour platformer by Adam Saltsman. It involves running through a city during an alien invasion and jumping from rooftop-to-rooftop.



- Cogs: a much-lauded 3D puzzle game that gives the player mechanical structures that need to be fixed in order to function properly.



- Swords & Soldiers HD: a vibrant, side-scrolling strategy game. It features tight, balanced gameplay and is perfect for gamers seeking a fun, casual, strategy experience.



- Zen Bound 2: a ground-breaking, meditative puzzler that defies convention. Players are given a wooden figurine, which must be wrapped in twine through a process of creative rotation.



And, if you pay more than the average price (now $6,40) you'll also get:

- Avadon: The Black Fortress: the RPG fantasy saga from Jeff Vogel's Spiderweb Software, an indie studio well-known for sprawling experiences and intricate plots.



So, what are you waiting for? This bundle now gives ELEVEN amazing games!!!! Don't be stupid and be quick, you still have 6 days!

Wine 1.5.17 released

The Wine development release 1.5.17 is now available.

What's new in this release (see below for details):
  - Sub-pixel font anti-aliasing in the DIB engine.
  - Support for automatic installation of ActiveX controls.
  - Automatic fallback to TLS 1.0 for secure connections.
  - Beginnings of the DirectWrite text analyzer.
  - Better handling of font outlines in OpenGL.
  - Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.5.17.tar.bz2
  http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/1.5/wine-1.5.17.tar.bz2

For the complete list of bug fixes follow this link:

http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.17

Let's Play: Steam Linux Beta Client

http://store.steampowered.com/

About

06/11/2012. A historic day. Valve releases his first Steam Linux Client ever. 60.000 people filled the beta survey and asked for a beta pass, but only a few of them are now able to try it... Or not?
Yes, it doesn't care if you have been picked as beta tester or not, some Linux users have found a hack so you can open the client and you can also play a few games (only if you have already bought one of the Humble Indie Bundles).
As now, the client is only available for Ubuntu and Arch Linux users.
Download it here:

http://media.steampowered.com/client/installer/steam.deb (Ubuntu)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/steam/ (Arch Linux)

Now follow my installation video if you want to know how to run the client if you're not a beta tester.
As i said before, there are many games which can be already played, but the first thing to do (if you have not done it before) is to redeem all your HIB Steam keys.
This is a list of playable games:

- Aquaria
- Cogs
- Cubemen
- Darwinia
- Dungeons of Dredmor
- Frozen Synapse
- Space Pirates and Zombies
- Uplink
- World of Goo

Waiting for the beta client to be opened to everyone and for some games to be played, here are some screenshots and videos.

Screenshots



Installation



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!