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Originally posted by auiotour:
anyways of playing windows games on linux? I heard there is but it doesn't work to well. I would like to convert over to using linux but at this time, I would either need mac os, or a copy of windows to run photoshop, dreamweaver, and Wow.
I can't seem to find the processor info, i dont ahve any of those folders. i am doing a search but nothing yet.
http://www.transgaming.com/ ... now known as Cedega ( formally known as WineX ) is a fairly nice tool for gaming on linux. Pretty much anything that is natively OpenGL will run without a hitch... The latest 4.2 release added a good bit of support for directx9 games.
The ONLY game I'm having trouble with under cedega is Dark Age of Camelot - Catacombs. I play HL2 (with Source add-ons) under Linux with no problems.
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This web site has a huge list of Linux software. I read that some of the software is only used for playing games.
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I just tried Xandros, the free version. It kicks butt! So clean, easy to use. Very similar to windows, so the learning curve is very low. I read on ExtremeTech that v3 is even better.
Oh, and it is based on Debian.
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Originally posted by chemguru:
Originally posted by auiotour:
anyways of playing windows games on linux? I heard there is but it doesn't work to well. I would like to convert over to using linux but at this time, I would either need mac os, or a copy of windows to run photoshop, dreamweaver, and Wow.
I can't seem to find the processor info, i dont ahve any of those folders. i am doing a search but nothing yet.
http://www.transgaming.com/ ... now known as Cedega ( formally known as WineX ) is a fairly nice tool for gaming on linux. Pretty much anything that is natively OpenGL will run without a hitch... The latest 4.2 release added a good bit of support for directx9 games.
The ONLY game I'm having trouble with under cedega is Dark Age of Camelot - Catacombs. I play HL2 (with Source add-ons) under Linux with no problems.
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you think it would support world of warcraft?
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According to their site they just added support for it.
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thats kick ass. i will have to download it and try it out. Anyone know a good torrent app for linux? also where i can get codecs for divx or xvid that work on linux
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thats retarded you have to pay monthly fees. screw that. I will just play on my pc and use linux on my laptop.
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Originally posted by auiotour:
thats retarded you have to pay monthly fees. screw that. I will just play on my pc and use linux on my laptop.
You don't have to pay. You can get the CVS version ( which is the latest and greatest ) for free. Granted you might have to deal with some bugs with HotOffThePress games, but older stuff already support will be fine.
You should consider what your are paying for... Technically, you can only pay once just to get the latest version. And go from there. But, the are the only ones working on DirectX gaming for Linux. I mean, jeez... $15. Considering all that you have to pay for using Linux, that's a SMALL price to pay for development of a handy product.
As for video codecs and such, you should pull the latest mplayer rpm. That should have MOST of the codecs you'd need. For DVDs, you can use mplayer, but I stick with Xine.
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