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Playing Nice: Reviews of CrossOver Office, WineX 4

Posted by timothy on from the methadone-clinic dept.

JimLynch writes "One of the more common questions experienced Linux users get asked by those considering migrating from Windows to Linux is, "Will my Windows applications run under Linux?" Thanks to the folks at CodeWeavers, the answer to that is yes--for some applications, anyway." And Dan Dole writes "Linuxlookup.com staff member Rich reviews Cedega (WineX 4.0), give it a 20/20 score & Editors Choice Award. "The release of Transgaming's newest version of WineX, renamed Cedega, was met with considerable enthusiasm and interest in the Linux community last week. So much so that their server was inaccessible the day of release. Cedega is claimed to be much improved, offering the ability to play recent games released for Windows "seamlessly and transparently" under Linux. They provided me with a copy, and I was curious to see if it lived up to the hype.""

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  1. Just like Windows? by Myrmi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cedega is claimed to be much improved, offering the ability to play recent games released for Windows "seamlessly and transparently" under Linux.

    So they crash most of the time?

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  2. Re:"The answer to that is yes" by Kjuib · · Score: 3, Funny

    I once kinda got solitair to work on Mandrake...does that count?

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  3. This stuff ever work. by jzilla · · Score: 1, Funny

    From my experience, none of the windows emulation pakcakes ever works smoothly. You end up having to perfom bad "hacks", and live with partial functionality, which runs slowly and the whole time you have to live in dread of the inevitable memory leak crash.

    wait, nevermind, that is almost exactly like using a windows app on windows.

    1. Re:This stuff ever work. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      ...windows emulation pakcakes...

      Mmm, pakcakes...

  4. Re:Wheeee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Wow, an upmodded post that says FP that actually is FP. You don't see that every day. Cheers!

    Now I want to see an FP +5 Troll

  5. Don't need it. by jonathan_atkinson · · Score: 4, Funny

    We already have Neverwinter Nights (and expansions), Quake 1-3, UT2004 (and no doubt all the sequels, because the UT engine supports Linux so well), we're getting Doom 3. Why do you need Windows compatibility? Sure, maybe you can't play your crappy licensed EA games, but all the really serious game developers have seen the light, and activly develop for Linux.

    The only Windows games I'm going to want to run are Duke Nukem Forever and Half Life 2. Oh, wait... they don't exist...

    --Jon

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  6. Don't say he didn't warn you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You just have to realize that if he's chopping bits out of other people's sentences, he's just expecting you to do the same to his post:

    This ... will ... troll ... Everyone on Slashdot ...

  7. inaccessible the day of release? by Xshare · · Score: 2, Funny

    So much so that their server was inaccessible the day of release And now, thanks to Slashdot, inaccessible again!

  8. Re:"The answer to that is yes" by snuf23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I the case of the games you mention - the fact that they don't work with XP is in truth a FEATURE and not a bug.
    Saving anyone from experiencing Force Commander is a saintly act.

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