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Vladimir1922

Hey there!

I was wondering: Time ago I was starting with FreeBSD and suddenly this application came out. It is supposed to be a bit like Lutris on freeBSD (but for what I remember, it felt more like the GUI for winetricks). In any case, I couldn't use it for much, as my computer at the time is severely underpowered.

Then I stopped using FreeBSD for years, and now that I got a "new" machine (2011 laptop tbh), I decided to come back to FreeBSD.

I went to install it, but noticed it is not on the repos anymore. I looked for any info of what happened, but I can't find anything. Just some articles getting all excited about its release and then radio silence.

So what happened? Is this project unmantained? Is there some sort of disagreement or drama? I am just curious and wonder if I should care further about installing it or not.
 
Hey, thanks! I am still a bit confused of what happened to Homura (or if this is just a rename, as it has the same theme on its naming). I honestyl couldn't find any info. The UI is better to what I remember Homura having, and saves the nuisance of manually creating different wine instances, so cool!
 
Vladimir1922 said:
So what happened? Is this project unmantained? Is there some sort of disagreement or drama? I am just curious and wonder if I should care further about installing it or not.
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After a few naming iterations, I've settled on the current one, and I apologize for any previous confusion.

Think of it as a versatile helper, akin to Winetricks but with expanded capabilities.

While initially inspired by Lutris and focused on gaming, its scope has broadened to try to support a wider range of general programs.
 
Alexander88207 said:
After a few naming iterations, I've settled on the current one, and I apologize for any previous confusion.

Think of it as a versatile helper, akin to Winetricks but with expanded capabilities.

While initially inspired by Lutris and focused on gaming, its scope has broadened to try to support a wider range of general programs.
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Hey, thanks for your work! At the end of the day I was not aware because of my long stay away from FreeBSD.

One thing I noticed is that I don't seem able to install applications outside the list -or add new entries. I guess this is intended?

None of the applications I tried work either: I don't blame Mizuma, but the fact that I am using an HD3000 and first gen I5, so I can't imagine much stuff working. I am not sure this thing supports modern directX, or even Vulkan!

But if there is any way of contributing scripts or configs, I can invest a bit of time experimenting tho.
 
Vladimir1922 said:
One thing I noticed is that I don't seem able to install applications outside the list -or add new entries. I guess this is intended?
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The list is dynamic, meaning that whenever you save a file of your desired application and place it within the library folder, it will automatically be reflected the next time the list will be used.

Vladimir1922 said:
None of the applications I tried work either
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It would be advisable to first verify whether Wine is functioning properly, for instance, by running a simple command such as winecfg.

I suspect that the i386 component of Wine may not be installed, which Wine would typically prompt you to install. (Since you told that it was a long time ago, you may don't know about it.)
 
Yes, thanks for the tips. I did install the 32bit libs, but my .wine was 64 bits. I removed it all and created the default .wine as a 32bit prefix. Now Mizuma installs all I want to install.

It is a really cool software piece: The only thing I miss is not being able to add my own launchers: but what is in there works wonderfully. and I really appreciate the UI

PS: I noted the $HOME/.local/share/Mizutamari/Library containing the config files. I am assuming that if I get one as a template and add my own stuff I can add extra entries, I just can't think anything rn I need to install 😅
 
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