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Transgaming Bringing Windows Games to Linux (?)

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader wrote in to point us to transgaming which is trying to get the DirectX APIs on Linux, and make it possible to run DirectX games on our OS. What is perhaps more interest is their perspective on how to get paid for their work. Not sure how I feel about this whole thing.

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  1. Re:Emulation is a BAAADDDD thing by dinivin · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Wine Is Not an Emulator

    Bull...

    emulate
    tr.v. emulated, emulating, emulates
    1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.
    2. To compete with successfully; approach or attain equality with.
    3. Computer Science. To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.


    Sure sounds like an emulator to me.

    Dinivin