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:Mad Penguin: Linux Gaming Made Easy
Mad Penguin: Linux Gaming Made Easy
Oct 3, 2006, 18 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (8211 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Hartley)

[ Thanks to Matt D. for this link. ]

"If you are anything like me, you have likely found that running WINE powered emulation software is more trouble than it's worth. Blasphemy you say? Nah, because by playing Windows games, you are in fact supporting games designed for Microsoft.

"With the possible exceptions of Battlefield 2 and perhaps World of Warcraft, I simply can't see the advantage in supporting games that choose not to support us. To me, the short answer to this is to support those gaming companies that have worked very hard to make sure that Linux admirers are not being left out in the dark..."

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First, WINE is not an Emulator. It's ...   Wine vs. Native   
Landeel
Oct 3, 2006, 18:48:31
 
> And I will not stop playing because of ...   Re: Wine vs. Native   
con
Oct 4, 2006, 05:40:16
 
The Wine project helps to alleviate the  ...   Wine and Gaming   
Tom
Oct 5, 2006, 07:52:32
 
> The Wine project helps to alleviate th ...   Re: Wine and Gaming   
P.Woods
Oct 8, 2006, 19:12:05
 
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