--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, fivespot <fivespot55@...> wrote:
>
> (i decided to try this out the other day... and hey, it worked!)
>
> i'm pleased to report that Frugal Video Poker and Wolf Video Poker run
> perfectly using the WINE compatibility layer. this means that they can be
> used within Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other platform which
> supports WINE. no copy of Microsoft Windows is required.
>
> this is really good news for any VP player who doesn't run Windows. Wolf VP
> is arguably the most powerful VP software on the market, and Frugal VP is
> by far the best free VP software out there. more options are always good.
>
> personally, i do have a Windows virtual machine on my MacBook... but the
> less that i have to use it, the happier i am. not having to launch it every
> time i want to analyze a new game or put in some practice will make me
> happy indeed.
>
> installing WINE should be trivial for most Linux users, as it's bundled
> with most distributions. on the Mac it has to be compiled from source using
> the MacPorts system, which is a longer process, but it should be very easy
> for anyone who's touched Terminal or a Unix command line before. if you
> haven't... well, it looks easy to me, but i don't know how it'd look to
> someone with less experience. the tutorial is clear and detailed.
>
> WINE: http://www.winehq.org/
> WINE on Mac: http://www.davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/
> Wolf VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/
> Frugal VP: http://www.wolfvideopoker.com/FVP.htm
>
> for what it's worth, i also tried running Video Poker for Winners using
> WINE, but it crashed on startup. if there's a way to make it work, i'd love
> to hear about it.
>
I still use WinPoker, and it works pretty good on Linux(Ubuntu and Mint), with WINE. The most recent versions of WINE work a lot better than a couple years ago. I too have not been able to get Video Poker for Winners to work with it. So for that, and a couple other tasks, I still have to keep Windows on a small partition and dual boot.
