[Wine] Wine, WOW, teamspeak, skype, etc.

[Charity Abbott]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Dan Kegel wrote:
>  > On 3/12/08, Jim Hall <volunteer.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > Lots of key words. Just generally, how well does Wine handle voice
>  > > chat?
>  >
>  > Check the appdb.  Some voice chat apps work, some don't:
>  >
>  > Teamspeak:
>  > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=6833
>  >
>  > Skype:
>  > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1592
>  >
>  > Ventrilo:
>  > http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2169
>
>  I'm curious, why are you running these apps in Wine? Teamspeak and Skype
>  already have native Linux versions, Ventrilo server for Linux has been
>  available for ages and a client is under development. I don't see any
>  benefit to running them in Wine on production.
>
>  However, if you are using them to test Wine's audio support, then that
>  is a different matter (and probably an excellent test as well)
>
>  --
>  Alan McKinnon
>  alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>
>

Ventrilo client for Linux has been in development ever since my guild
on EQ has used it a couple of years ago. I've checked back several
times, but I don't see any promised dates for it. I wish they would
switch, but it's a rather large guild and I'm only one person.