Phoronix: Cedega v5.1 + NVIDIA [Review]

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"Unveiled last week by TransGaming Technologies was Cedega v5.1. Appended to the growing Cedega gaming database was Sid Meier's Civilization 4, FIFA 2006, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. In addition, there are many other enhancements in Cedega Version 5.1 that range from game enhancements and a new user interface to copy protection improvements. For the uninformed, Cedega allows hundreds of Microsoft Windows engineered games to run on Linux seamlessly with very little end-user modifications required. Some of the supported games range from Battlefield 2 to World of War Craft, and Madden 2006. Cedega is similar to CodeWeaver's CrossOver Office and WINE except is specialized for use with games. Cedega works by directly loading a Windows program into the memory on a Linux system and linking it to a Linux-optimized version of the Windows 32 APIs..."

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