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CrossOver (dmg)

CrossOver Mac allows you to install your favorite Windows applications and games on Mac OS X. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing Windows software simple and fast. Once installed, your application integrates seamlessly in OS X. Just click and run your application directly from...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers Inc., CrossOver Mac, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-10-08

Codeweavers 10-step program

Codeweavers 10-step programGood one!Nice to see humor in the tech sector! Oh wait, Microsoft Windows wasn't a joke? ]:)Funnynt

Tags: Construction, Codeweavers 10-step, CodeWeavers Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-06-26

Codeweavers 10-step program

Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver, an engine that provides Mac and Linux users the ability to install and run some Windows applications without a Windows  install or license, have just released a 10-Step Program for Computing Nirvana. It's a very tongue-in-cheek poke at Microsoft and the dominance they enjoy over...

Tags: Windows, Uncategorized, Software, Microsoft, Mac, Linux

Blog posts 2007-06-26

OS X on Intel may give Wine a place at the table

Among the announcements of interest at this week's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco is the debut of the alpha version of CodeWeaver's CrossOver 6.0, which further extends the Wine Project into a service and support model. Wine Project is a clean-room-like "re-implementation" of a Win32 API for running Windows applications...

Tags: CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Linux, Win32, wine, Wine Project

Blog posts 2006-08-14

Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac

CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine

Image galleries 2006-06-30

Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac

CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine

Image galleries 2006-06-30

Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac

CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine

Image galleries 2006-06-30

Microsoft tries to spill 'Wine'

Microsoft tries to spill 'Wine'Do you hear it?OSS is knocking on the door of the giant's cave.Microsoft is begining to hear it.Huh? So what?Let's see, it's an upgrade to WINDOWS, not OSX, not Linux, not Unix, and not Wine.Why in the world would ANYONE expect MS to worry about...

Tags: wine, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Tries, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-02-28

Codeweavers moves iTunes to Linus

On Tuesday Codeweavers announced Version 4.0 of their Windows-to-Linux crossover utility, Crossover Office. The headline is it now supports iTunes. This means if you have the Windows versions of iTunes you can now use Crossover Office to move that into the Linux environment. Other newly-supported programs in the new release...

Tags: Linux Environment, Apple iTunes, CrossOver Office

Blog posts 2004-11-18

Software maker unites Windows, Unix

Software maker unites Windows, UnixNo Way...No possible way that Microsoft developed an OS that actually can unite with Unix.Oh you mean David Cutler is a genuis OS desiner, Lou Perazzoli knows what he is doing, Don Box is XML/COM god, Stanley Lippman is C++ guru, and Raymond Chen knows GUI...

Tags: Operating systems, CodeWeavers Inc., NSA, software, Unix, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2004-05-24

Additional Resources

Could Apple allow Windows apps to run natively?

Could Apple allow Windows apps to run natively?would never work 100%They might be much better off buying codeweavers and supporting a few common applications. But claiming a compatibility layer is in my opinion suicide. Microsoft could very easily break that and make Apple look unreliable.Car colors, etc.When Ford Motor Company...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Adrian, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Windows App

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

Can Novell's Linux business stand on its own?

Can Novell's Linux business stand on its own?Additional things to considerI totally agree that Novell's fortunes in Linux is rising. There's more demand for Suse products. Just look at the job boards and see how the number of positions requiring Suse expertise has jumped.Suse is making inroads into...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Novell Inc., SuSE, Novell OpenSuse, Linux, Novell Linux

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Setting up a dual-boot Linux and Vista PC

Setting up a dual-boot Linux and Vista PCAlternativeIf you prefer grub as your main bootloader, in step 11 substitute [i]setup (hd0)[/i] for [i]setup (hd0,0)[/i], then boot into Linux. Then open /boot/grub/menu.lst in your preferred text editor you need root privileges and add the following lines to the bottom:[i]title=Windows XP (or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, PC, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-17

Goodbye MacBook Pro Experience, hello Linux Experience!

Goodbye MacBook Pro Experience, hello Linux Experience!Debian is okay, but...the packages in Debian aren't up to date, given that the current stable releaseSarge was released over a year and a half ago. However, Debian may be a good conservative choice if he doesn't really need bleeding edge stuff. I would...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Apple MacBook Pro, Linux, Debian, SuSE, Linux Experience, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience

Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro ExperienceIs it because youcan't or _won't_ see?My guess is the latter because for everything positive that Adrian wrote about it, you tried to bash from a your position of complete ignorance and having never really used a Mac that's for sale today.That smacks of...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Microsoft stranglehold on disabled market is broken

Microsoft stranglehold on disabled market is brokenCan you sayB!tch slap from IBM! Excellent move big blue! ]:)They finally stepped up and quit ignoring the handicap.MS didn't have a strangle hold on the disabled market. It was the hardware companies that provided MS only drivers. That hardware also costed a fortune...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu, speech recognition, software, open source

Discussion threads 2006-12-15

Living with a MacBook - first thoughts

Living with a MacBook - first thoughtsliving with MacBookThanks for all the goodies, when you find me a way to fund a mac like yours, please let me know so I can have fun too...Have a look at these guyshttp://www.macility.com/products/index.htmlI've been thinking of trying Typinator. Maybe you can try it...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2006-11-11

Apple speeds up iMacs with Core 2 Duo

Apple speeds up iMacs with Core 2 DuoMac's are starting to get my attentionNot sure how many of you have been in an Apple store but you got to admit, it is very impressive. The products look great, OSX is amazing and the store layout and people are inviting. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Notebooks, Intel Core 2 Duo, X1600, Wintel, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2006-09-06

Busted! What happens when WGA attacks

Busted! What happens when WGA attacksGood luck getting your hour with the Microsoft WGA teamYou will have even less luck speaking to them via their official support forums...There they only play dodge ball if you pitch hard ball questions.To make matters worse, once they banned me from their support forums...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Turning Wine into Windows on a Mac

Turning Wine into Windows on a MacWine is a dead endAnyone remember OS/2? Part of its supposed appeal was that it was "a better Windows than Windows". IBM tried hard to put a Windows compatibility layer into OS/2, but it never really achieved its goal. Besides, Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, wine, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-06-30