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WWN Issue 286 was released today.

WWN Issue 285 was released today.

July's CVS drop is out. Alexandre noted the following changes in Wine 20050725:

• Beginnings of theme support in common controls.
• Many MSHTML improvements.
• A bunch of OLE fixes for InstallShield installers.
• Many Direct3D fixes and improvements.
• Beginnings of LDAP support.
• Various cleanups after removal of the config file.
• Lots of bug fixes.

Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is available now. You can find out more about this release in the announcement. Check out our download page for packages for your favorite distribution.

WWN Issue 284 was released today.

Do you have a program that just won't install with Wine? CodeWeavers accounced a major initiative today to get programs to install with a current copy of either Wine or CrossOver. If your application just won't install, CodeWeavers promises to fix the bugs in Wine preventing installation. In return, you get to write a regression test that can be run to make sure future changes don't break your installation. It's a win-win situation for you, Wine, and CodeWeavers. For details check out the instructions for the Installer Challenge.

WWN Issue 283 was released today.

WWN Issue 282 was released today.

WWN Issue 281 was released today.

Tom Wickline has updated Wine's status pages. For a quick snapshot of what's been updated over the past month, see the status pages' changelog.

Wine 20050628 is out and we've got a boatload of changes, many of which are centered around configuration. Here's what's new:

• Configuration settings moved to the registry.
• Graphical Wine configuration tool is now enabled.
• More MSI and OLE improvements.
• Reorganisation of the DirectDraw directory.
• Initial support for webcams.
• Lots of bug fixes.

Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is available now. You can find out more about this release in the announcement. Check out our download page for packages for your favorite distribution.

WWN Issue 280 was released today.

WWN Issue 279 was released today.

WWN Issue 278 was released today.

WWN Issue 277 was released today.

Get your code on!

The Wine project will be one of the organizations participating in Google's Summer of Code. If you're a student and want to get paid cold, hard cash for writing open source, check out their participant FAQ. If your proposal is selected, you'll receive $500 to get started and $4000 when you complete your project. Proposals are due by June 14th.

To get involved with Wine and find a project, check out the following resources:

• SummerOfCode wiki page
• Fun Projects page
• Wine's mailing lists and irc information

WWN Issue 276 was released today.

After a short lull for WineConf, development picked back up in May. The past week has seen a flurry of patches. Alexandre released a snapshot today with the following changes noted:

• Many MSI improvements.
• More features in the file manager.
• Better compatibility for Winelib import libraries.
• SGML documentation moved out of the source tree.
• Header files cleanups.
• Lots of bug fixes.

Binary packages are in the process of being built, but the source is available now. You can find out more about this release in the announcement. Check out our download page for packages for your favorite distribution.

WWN Issue 275 was released today.

WWN Issue 274 was released today.

We are pleased to announce the Software Freedom Law Center will be providing legal counsel to the Wine project. The SFLC stands at the forefront of legal representation for free and open source software. Its distinguished board includes Eben Moglen, Lawrence Lessig, Diane M. Peters, and Daniel J. Weitzner. From the press release:

"As open source projects are increasingly threatened by excessive litigation, technological successes must be partnered with solid legal principles, said Eben Moglen, chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center. "The Wine Project is a particularly important example. By representing the Wine Project, the Software Freedom Law Center will enable further adoption of the project's benefits and increase confidence among users."

WWN Issue 273 was released today.

We've got our own Wiki now! Thanks to Dimi Paun for putting it together the Wine Wiki and hosting it. So far we've put in a user area and a developer area. Feel free to add whatever useful information you think should be on there. This is community driven, we can't do it without your help!

A special edition of the Wine Weekly News was released today as a summary of WineConf 2005.

WineConf 2005 has wrapped up. Everyone had a great time, albeit pretty tired. We have a bunch of people that really helped out and it's amazing how many people worked on a pretty seamless event. Mr. Ulrich Gemkow with the University of Stuttgart put together the venue and organized the local student organization, Fachschaft Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik (pictured above). Finally, the Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart, David Gümbel with ITOMIG, and Jeremy White of CodeWeavers provided a bunch of behind the scenes support, including financial help. Thanks everyone!

We'll try to post a full summary in a few days. We recorded the presentations, so hopefully we can get those up as well.

WWN Issue 271 was released today.