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Just in time for Christmas, CodeWeavers has released version 4.1 of CrossOver Office. No new applications are supported, but you'll find a lot of bugfixes for existing ones. That includes some big updates to improve iTunes performance. For more information, read the announcement or go take a look at the changelog.

We added an acknowledgement page last week to WineHQ. We'd like to thank everyone over the years who have made significant contributions to Wine.

Last week also saw more AppDB changes. Have you signed up yet to be an application maintainer?

Finally, Vincent Béron created a new download page for Red Hat based distros. Hopefully that will sort out some of the confusion concerning the sheer number of packages available.

It's been a few weeks, but a new release of Wine is out. Included for your enjoyment:

• Implementation of the RSAENH dll.
• More work on the Direct3D 9 architecture.
• Builtin debugger improvements.
• Reorganisation of the Developer's Guide.

Binary packages will be appearing soon, but you can find the source release on SourceForge right now. Read more about this release, or just go download it.

CodeWeavers announced the release of CrossOver Office 4.0 today. Several new applications are now supported and existing supported apps have had extensive bug fixes. The big news most people will find exciting is the added support for Apple's iTunes. You can play music, access the store, and sync with an iPod. Other new apps include FrameMaker and JInitiator, which allows people to access Oracle Application Forms via a web browser. Links you might find interesting:

• Press Release
• "The Real Dirt"
• Change Log
• CodeWeavers' Store

If you've ever aspired to become a Wine hacker, you'll appreciate a quick introduction written by Mike Hearn. It's not a replacement for the Wine Developer Guide, but it does serve as an excellent starting point for working on Wine.

Also this week, Chris Morgan and Tony Lambregts modified the AppDB to allow folks to take over an application and become a maintainer. Then you can edit comments, change app descriptions, and all kinds of other cool stuff. If there's an app you regularly use under Wine, please consider maintaining an AppDB page and help track regressions. After you've set up a normal AppDB user account, you can become a maintainer by finding (or adding) an application and clicking on the maintainer button you'll find on each app's page. Have any ideas for improving the interface? Let us know!

A new vintage of Wine is out. The Changelog notes the following improvements:

• Beginnings of an architecture for Direct3D 9 support.
• Many debugger regressions fixed.
• Improvements to the IDL compiler and the COM headers.
• New MSCMS dll (color management support).

Binary packages will be appearing soon, but you can find the source release on SourceForge right now. Read more about this release, or just go download it.

The following updates came in this week:

• Dimi Paun updated the To-Do List and moved various items closer to completion.
• The UI Status page was updated to reflect recent audits performed.
• Tony Lambregts worked on the Application Database to improve submission of new new applications. More patches appear to be pending in this area.

A new CVS snapshot has been released. Alexandre noted the following changes:

• Various improvements to the common controls.
• New ITSS dll (for HTML Help support).
• Many compatibility fixes in the exported headers.
• Replacements for the Windows standard bitmap fonts.

Binary packages will be available shortly, but you can find the source release on SourceForge right now. Read more about this release, or just go download it.