What software is optimized to play windows game on linux? (please answer that newbie)
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but why would u want to use windows progies on linux?
Because many developers have not offered linux variants of their games. Many people just don't want to go through all the tweaks required for wine, and cedega (or pay the $5 a month extra for games they've already paid for. Yes you can get the CVS version but it doesn't offer everything the paid version does.)
This is why I keep a stripped down/non-networked version of xp.
This is one area were linux can't compete, but that's not the fault of linux. It is the fault of the companies who refuse to develop for linux. I'll tell you this I would gladly pay for linux version games.
amen cuiq .. I too have a different box with windows to run games on and what not, wish they make linux version of games then I won't look back at windows :S .. but he's using wine so I figured he's trying to run windows progies on linux which is pointless .. not games
I use Cedega to play Counter-Strike (old skool, Source is for wimps!) and it works fine. Check out the Transgaming Games Database to see if your games are compatible or not
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OK, guys, you have said about a software name winex and cedega.
so I had spent a week seeking for the download link and I found nothing.
Would you mind give me the download link please
Yeah, it was stated before, that winex (cedega) isn't free. You can try vm software like vmware. I think it's free for 30 days, but you'll have to buy it after that. but it is something you can try also.
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Yeah, it was stated before, that winex (cedega) isn't free. You can try vm software like vmware. I think it's free for 30 days, but you'll have to buy it after that. but it is something you can try also.
OK.
I will ask another site for it.
Thank you guys for your supporting
dude. keep that sh*t off the board. you can do whatever you want, but don't go advertising that warez stuff here. I'm sure it's not something this board condones or would like to be made to appear to condone.
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dude. keep that sh*t off the board. you can do whatever you want, but don't go advertising that warez stuff here. I'm sure it's not something this board condones or would like to be made to appear to condone.
Sorry.
I had editted it.
you should edit you quote too
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To clear a misconception here... Cedega does not cost $5 per month... The $5 per month charge is for a downloading subscription. When you are happy that the games you want to run are running fine in Linux,... you don't have to continue to pay the subsciption fee. You will just no longer be able to download the latest version. If you want the latest version... you have to sign up again... I haven't had an active subsciption in about a year and a half,... and my older version of Cedega works just fine...
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