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PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac 4.0 beta 1 are available

Friday 22 July 2011 at 20:13

EDIT : An important problem has been found in PlayOnMac. A patch is being sent. Sorry for the problem

Hi everybody

We are happy to tell you that PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac 4.0 are available

For those who have never heard about it, you can read this news. It explains most of the new features.

A lot of things have changed, for example:
- Configuration window is now finished
- The word "prefixes" is replaced by "virtual drive"
- Manual installation is really simplified (Install -> Install a non listed program). Moreover, it's now able to detect and read CD-ROMs
- A lot of functions were added for developers. We're going to rewrite the documentation
- Kernel panic problem on Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) is now solved
- PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac can send us a bug report when a problem is detected
- Tools -> Bug report has been added
- Integrity of downloaded files is now checked
- A lot of bugs are fixed

Other features are planned for the final release



Install PlayOnLinux


You must install git.
For example, Ubuntu users should type :
sudo apt-get install git
Then, to install and run PlayOnLinux 4
git clone https://github.com/PlayOnLinux/POL-POM-4
cd POL-POM-4
./playonlinux

If you want to update PlayOnLinux 4 from an old beta version to a newer one :
cd POL-POM-4
git pull origin master
./playonlinux


Please keep in mind that it is still a beta version. You might encounter some problems. Don't hesitate to let us know in the forum and the bug tracker. You can also use the built-in bug reporter.

Thank you and enjoy :)