Darwine

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Darwine

Developer:	Darwine Project
Latest release:	0.9.12 DP / 2006-04-17
OS:	Mac OS X, Darwin
Use:	compatibility layer
License:	GPL/LGPL
Website:	http://darwine.opendarwin.org/

Darwine is a port of the Wine libraries to Darwin and Mac OS X.

Darwine was originally intended to support compiling of Win32 source into Mach-O/PowerPC binaries for Macintosh computers. The project is now combining Wine's program loader with QEMU, an x86 emulator, to allow running of Win32 binaries on Mac OS X for PowerPC.

However, Darwine's focus has shifted due to the Apple Intel transition. Darwine on new x86 Macintosh computers can run Windows programs (if compatible with Wine) natively - resulting in speeds comparable to Mac specific programs.

CodeWeavers, the developer of the Wine-based CrossOver, which makes it easier to install Windows applications on Wine, and the CrossOver Plugin, has announced that they will be porting CrossOver Office to Mac OS X on Macintoshes with Intel processors. The new product will be called CrossOver Mac.

1 Known flaws
2 Screenshots
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Known flaws

Darwine doesn't have working Direct3D or OpenGL support at the current time. This is blamed on a bug in Apple's X11 implementation preventing GLX from functioning in a way WINE expects.
Windows XP-only applications don't run correctly.

Many bugs will be fixed over time, eventually bringing Darwine to the level of Wine on x86 Linux.^[1]