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LimeWire, mldonkey, gtk-gnutella, bittorrent etc are some of the file sharing tools available on Linux. You can play some windows games using wine or cedega (which is based on wine).
File sharing - emule is pretty cool. I tried edonkey but had some unwanted uploading to my machine so changed to emule.
Cedega allows for loads of Windows games to install and play. Cedega isn't free. A few £'s/$'s per month for a subscription.
All three Unreal Tournaments play on Linux without cedega. As does Quake3.
Some games install and play with just Wine installed but it's not easy.
Originally posted by salparadise File sharing - emule is pretty cool. I tried edonkey but had some unwanted uploading to my machine so changed to emule.
Cedega allows for loads of Windows games to install and play. Cedega isn't free. A few £'s/$'s per month for a subscription.
All three Unreal Tournaments play on Linux without cedega. As does Quake3.
Some games install and play with just Wine installed but it's not easy.
Saying it costs a few $ a month subscription isn't quite accurate. That makes it sound like you're stuck paying every month which isn't the case. AFAIK it's about $5 / month for the first three months to get support and the latest version. After that you can keep using it, you just can't get the latest version.
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