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Newly Released WineX 2.2 Supports EverQuest
Mattzilla writes "The latest release of
Transgaming's WineX (details available here) now supports EverQuest. You asked for it, here it is. This release also has Direct 3D and Direct Show updates as well as fixes for Mandrake 9.0 and RedHat 8.0 CD device auto-detection. With EverQuest now under Linux I'm sure a great deal of people won't find a need to be dual-booting any longer." The EverQuest support is called "preliminary"; check out those release notes for a few known problems and workarounds.
When XFree86 supports 3d acceration on my Ati Rage Mobillty Graphics card, then we won't.
Nero-burning ROM for Linux!
This isn't Linux. This is Windows emulation.
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All these games dont run under linux.
AO doesn't even install.
DAoC dies at the patcher
Earth & Beyond does not work
Asheron's Call 2 does not work
Lineage the bloodpledge dies
Age of Wonders does not work at all
Add to that RPGs are almost always voted off the list of projects by WineX users so if you have any interest in RPGs at all then you are stuck in windows.
I still can't believe they gave Wizardry 8 a -80 score when it came up for vote.
The only major RPG to make lately is Morrowind.. and then it barely made it at all with a +60 vote.
Gaming on Linux is still a joke.
Actually, wine was initially created so that the authors could play StarCraft.
put the what in the where?
Anybody who ever uses Emulation/Implimentation/Binary Compatibility as a cop-out excuse for not needing another system is missing the point of native support.
Mac's/Linux can run PC games. So developers ask why they should port the project to the other systems. Result? Programs written for a proprietary system remain on a proprietary system and at best, users of other operating systems remain dependant on the Windows software base.
I don't think WineX is the way things should be going for Linux gamers. On the other hand, I'm gald it's come this far. For some users who really ONLY need Windows to run one or two games, WineX is great.
For those of us who buy three or four new games per month, relying on a system like this is not an option. It doesn't work with most of the newer games, and runs like crap with the new ones that do still manage to work.
So in the end it boils down to Unix at the Server, Windows for the games. Everything in the middle can be done on either system, and it's not like I have a problem with running a Unix box AND a Windows box.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.
what would be the point in writing games specifically for gnu/linux when someone else (transgaming)will happily port them for you for free?
According to its makers, it stops being Open Source if you exercise your rights under the AFPL and produce a LSB standard installation of WineX (also known as an RPM). Which is kinda sad - either its Open Source or it isn't.
I don't mind a good closed source app (I'm a WineX subsciber), its just that I think WineX isn't a half bad product but you'd be surprised by the amount of people (users new to Linux) who jump on IRC, try an incredibly broken CVS install and then think that WineX is an unstable pile of shit because CVS often is. I think this odd licensing is bad for Transgaming too.
As a system administrator, I also find the idea of installing software in any other method than RPM very bad practice.
As for the people who don't have 2 (or 4 or more) computers that want to run linux but are tied to their games, there are games that will come out for linux, and there are games that will never come out for linux. Wine helps bridge that gap and this release of wine may very well bring a signifigant number of people over to linux.
I do security
I disagree. WineX is great because it serves as a way out of the chicken and egg problem. Basically thanks to WineX the market for Linux Gamers can be build up. Once there are enough Linux Gamers out there software companies will provide native support. Paying customers will demand it and not a bunch of opensource users that love getting everything for free that send in a petition.
Just great... I've seen living proof of what this game does to people. Someone I know has dropped out of high school, flunked out of college ( 0 GPA, still don't know how that is possible but it is ), and kicked out of his house.
AVOID EVERQUEST AT ALL COST LINUX USERS!
Oh yea, Friday October 18th there is a special on EverQuest Addictions on the Womens Entertainment channel on TV. If you have it, look it up and watch it so you can see how evil this game is.