Linux

[Alchemist]

After a long internal debate, I made the obvious switch from Windows to Linux.

SUSE, that is. I love how custimizable KDE is.

BUT I have a few questions (maybe someone can help).

How does Wine work? and to what extent can I run windows programs with it?

Thanks.:linux:

 

[GCFreak]

Windows programs cannot work with linux. Unless they have already been ported.

 

[Clements]

Windows programs cannot work with linux. Unless they have already been ported.

Wrong.

 

[Alchemist]

but there's a linux program called WINE that (supposedly) adds support for Windows executables.

 

[Toasty]

Wine works reasonably well for a lot of applications. I've even played StarCraft on Linux through Wine (though I couldn't get the sound or online play to work quite right) so it works okay even for simpler games. As far as higher end games though, I don't think Wine is quite adequate. I've heard of some other Windows libraries for Linux that are more geared for games and DirectX applications, but they weren't free and I can't remember their names.

 

[Alchemist]

thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[Hexidecimal]

If you want to play windows games in linux check out Cedega. Geat little app that turns DX9 calls into OpenGL calls. WINE is also good.

 

[Malcolm]

Cedega is actually based off of WINE code

GCFreak, research before dismissal

 

[GCFreak]

Right.