Play Windows Games on Linux
Linux Journal Gadget Guy Shawn Powers walks you through how to play Windows games on Linux.
Some of the links Shawn mentioned in the video:
Cedega
http://www.cedega.com
Crossover Games (cxgames)
http://www.codeweavers.com
Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator)
http://www.winehq.org
Wine Doors
http://www.wine-doors.org
Wine Doors is an open source Linux application designed to help
install a wide variety of Windows software using Wine. While it
didn't always work as expected, the interface and ease of use makes it
worth checking out!
Play On Linux
http://www.playonlinux.com
Play on Linux, while still free, takes a slightly different approach,
and creates a "hard drive" for each game you install. It automates
the setup process, and like Wine Doors, installs Windows applications
on Linux.
IEs 4 Linux
http://www.tatanka.com.br
IEs 4 Linux isn't really a game installer at all. If all you desire,
however, is to have a version of Internet Explorer running in Linux
(for proprietary websites, code testing, or just plain masochism), it
makes the process VERY easy.
__________________________
Shawn Powers is the Associate Editor for Linux Journal. You might find him chatting on the IRC channel.
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ask favour
On April 24th, 2008 Rendra (not verified) says:
Hi my name is Rendra from Jakarta - Indonesia
I often play win games and had try on linux (ubuntu) for many times, it's more help than not but maybe the developer of wine, cedega etc can do better improvement for their application.
1. WINE can do better than cedega n crossover to play win games n very simple just click "open with". Not same eith cedega or crossover there are many instructions to do. It will be difficult step for new comer.
2. Some Games like duke nukem manhattan, world of warcraft play well but some like quake4, c&c it's difficult to run under linux.
3. WINE, Cedega n Crossover cannot play "online win-games" it stuck with warning "error gameguard" (some kind game hack protection), and comes with variable warning about firewall message (I don't turn my firestarter on at all) very confuse me.
Please help me n other to get linux on the top expecially about game stuff
Thanx
Rendra
StreamMyGame
On April 15th, 2008 Suni (not verified) says:
If you want to play the latest games on Linux you should look at StreamMyGame.com
Linux Format in the UK just gave them 8/10
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/
in the Mat 2008 issue
You can use it to stream games like Crysis, WOW, COD4 etc to x86 and even ppc64 platforms. You can even stream games to Yellow Dog Linux on your PS3
A different approach to WINE,(which i also use. Both work really well.
Suni
Interesting!
On April 15th, 2008 Shawn Powers says:
That's an interesting looking concept. I think I might have to try it out. I haven't had a chance to look at pricing, but I'm curious what kind of performance you get while playing...
Looks like I'm going to have to play more games. You know, for educational purposes. :o)
__________________________Shawn Powers is the Associate Editor for Linux Journal. You might find him chatting on the IRC channel.
Cedega don't replay well
On April 10th, 2008 Silver (not verified) says:
Cedega don't replay well videofiles that are inside of the games, example: Vice City San andreas, but the game runs faster than Winshit XPloit., and the patch work well too (WTF with the f*ckings RIAA)
arrevoire
Silver
Cedega
On April 9th, 2008 Leslie Viljoen (not verified) says:
Before spending money, be aware that Cedega has a poor support track record, as can be seen from their forums. Cedega also does not seem to work with graphics cards other than NVidia and ATI. My Intel 945GM doesn't work, for example, though it works quite well with WINE.
Also, your CAPTCHA is very hard for humans as well as computers, which can be extremely frustrating! (this is the fifth time)
Seriously - if you are
On April 12th, 2008 Shane (not verified) says:
Seriously - if you are playing games - you should be using ATI or NVIDIA - LMAO @ intel on board graphics!
Thanks for video... CAPTCHA
On April 13th, 2008 Greek (not verified) says:
Thanks for video...
CAPTCHA is very hard!!!
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