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Old 11-27-2010, 05:28 PM   #1
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Playonlinux or just plain old wine?


I was just wondering wich was best to use Playonlinux (which yes i know its a wine frontent) or just plain old wine?
 
Old 11-27-2010, 05:44 PM   #2
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I'd go with playonlinux since it allows you to load multiple versions of wine and multiple configurations in order to get the best possible performance from your games.
 
  


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