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Thread ID: 86688	2008-01-25 06:45:00	Microsoft intended games on Linux	nzjab06 (101)	Press F1

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633848	2008-01-27 23:00:00	I believe the OP's question was which of his Windows games would work under Linux - not which OS he should be using. nzjab - can you post a list of the games you have and want to run? Can then check and see if there are native linux binaries, or if they run under wine / cedega.	Brooko (8444)
633849	2008-01-28 02:56:00	I believe the OP's question was which of his Windows games would work under Linux - not which OS he should be using. nzjab - can you post a list of the games you have and want to run? Can then check and see if there are native linux binaries, or if they run under wine / cedega. I think the overwhelming answer he got was, NO, he wouldn't really be able to run games on Linux at all or without considerable effort. What more would you like us to tell him?	beeswax34 (63)
633850	2008-01-28 02:58:00	I think the overwhelming answer he got was, NO, he wouldn't really be able to run games on Linux at all or without considerable effort. What more would you like us to tell him? Yep. It's a mission I think you'll be hard pressed to find someone to help you with. Thats the kind of thing an uber l33t Linux guru would try. Someone like Bletch. :p	wratterus (105)
633851	2008-01-28 03:27:00	Ubuntu (maybe PCLinuxOS) would be the most user-friendly Linux distro for you. You could try running Windows apps & games using Wine (http://www.winehq.org/) but it's not something you'd become an expert at overnight and you don't always get 100% results. If you're mainly using this new pc for gaming, then Windows is clearly the way to go without all the hassles. :badpc:	jason_f90 (3544)
633852	2008-01-28 05:26:00	I believe the OP's question was which of his Windows games would work under Linux - not which OS he should be using. Then he simply asked the wrong question.	Metla (12)
633853	2008-01-28 08:51:00	'K all noted . Reason I asked is that I've been using Mepis Linux now for 12 months . No, I haven't got anything (games) bleeding edge to run, but I can run Q4, Doom 3 natively (and appears at least as fast as Windows) . My wife runs her Hoyle games etc so she's happy . I'm also running Civ4, Il2, Pacific Fighters, HOMM4 etc under Wine . Not that hard to set-up (definitely not as easy as Windows) but they do run pretty well . Also - there are some quite nice Linux apps/games (free) to play around with as well . I know none of the above are cutting edge & if you want to play Crisis or anything bleeding egde etc, stick with Windows . But you don't need to be an 'uber-geek' to set a lot of it up now (Linux is making reamarkable strides in useability etc) . Like I said in my original post - if he wants to know if his games will run under linux - if he lists them - then maybe a lot of them will . Wouldn't hurt to find out now . . . . would it? Metla : Then he simply asked the wrong question . :lol: Thanks - needed that . :D	Brooko (8444)
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