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.

Comments

Re:Wintendo?

[Time Doctor]

This isn't Linux. This is Windows emulation.

Re:Wintendo?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Wintendo?

[Jace of Fuse!]

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.