WineForXP

Well, to get a better idea, try installing Chrome 78 on XP. It fails. But if you install it on Wine, it should work. Therefore: Wine on XP to run modern programs.

 

Yes, I understand WHAT you want it to do. My question is HOW?

 

Carefully and with great caution. No, seriously, I've considered using something like Cygwin or MinGW, although I'd prefer to build it directly on Windows (but that would take a good bit of work).

 

Wouldn't it make more sense to create a version of WINE for running XP programs on more modern versions of Windows? It's getting harder and harder to find XP-compatible hardware.

 

Here's the sneaky thing: this program should work on newer versions of Windows as well, so you're in good shape.

 

Nice!
I will be able to enjoy 2019 programs on xp!
I am really exited for the release of this project!

 

Looks like an interesting project - if you want more people to help with testing you should include compiled binaries with your releases otherwise all you will have are the 2 remaining XP developers who can provide feedback.

 

You mean, send along some example programs with WineForXP?

 

The downloads on your Github repo are all source code. Those that have never compiled C source won't be able to use WineForXP.

 

The README file says:

3. REQUIREMENTS

To compile and run Wine, you must have one of the following:

Linux version 2.0.36 or later
FreeBSD 8.0 or later
Solaris x86 9 or later
NetBSD-current
Mac OS X 10.5 or later

As Wine requires kernel-level thread support to run, only the operating
systems mentioned above are supported.

Please elaborate

 

The source code is for the developer(s). Once I get the program working, I'll upload the actual installer.

 

Wine is known to work on the operating systems on that list, since they meet all the requirements.

 

Just wanted to announce that my GitHub page is now up and running. The address is https://lorendb.github.io/. If you want the WineForXP page, try https:lorendb.github.io/wineforxp/.

 

Excellent. Linux has a built-in C compiler so you can build it yourself with a few MAKE commands as listed in the documentation. XP requires you to install Visual C Studio or similar.

I look forward to trying it out once you release an installer.

 

I look forward to getting it done.

 

While I struggle with building Wine on Windows, you guys can check this out. BoxedWine is not exactly what I'm envisioning, but it's worth playing around with. http://www.boxedwine.org

 

I hope you succeed in you endeavour - I will certainly be watching hopefully.

Just looked at the Boxedwine link you left. I might give it a go with Crossover 17 to see what kind of lag I get with Office 2016

I can totally understand your motive, because getting in effect a wine emulator on windows allows you to run Crossover 17

I want to run Office 2016 Professional on Windows XP. So the questions are - -

1. what are the system overheads likely to be?
2. Am I completely misunderstanding the point – and you are in effect going to make a windows XP version of Crossover 17?
3. Have you tried Boxedwine with Crossover 17?
4. Would a universal Spoof program telling install software that it was actually installing on win7,8,10 be a better way to go?

Good luck

 

1. I don't know for sure. Probably it won't be very fast.
2. Pretty much, yes.
3. No.
4. No. Software for 7 and up needs the newer Windows kernel and API to run.

 

Well I tried Boxedwine with CrossOver 19. Boxedwine installs nicely, but I got nowhere with CrossOver 19. Decided unless you succeed with your project, that I will run a dedicated remote with WakeUpOnLan. – just to run windows 7 specific programs, at the moment the only ones being Office 2016 and Revit 2013. Everything else still runs on XP.

 

A WINE for native, non-virtual Windows XP users is something I would love to see done.

Would definitely be willing to sponsor the endeavor, so long as it is functional, practical and working.