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On Cedega 4.0 And Windows Gaming

Posted by simoniker on from the glass-half-empty dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new ExtremeTech article discussing the state of WineX/Cedega on Linux as it relates to Windows gaming. The article suggest: 'As an operating system, Linux has many things to recommend it over Windows. Gaming, alas, is not one of them... We tried Cedega out on three different distributions (and with a bunch of games). The results were decidedly mixed.'"

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  1. Doesn't play deer hunting games; who cares? by Jesterboy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I appreciate that they are trying to take into account the "Wal-Mart" class of games by including various hunting titles, but for real PC gamers, who would care whether these run or not? In fact, I almost consider it a bonus that these games don't run...

    To be honest, I wish they would've done a little more testing of older and newer titles, across all platforms. It doesn't mean a whole lot if you're testing different stuff on different hardware/OS configurations. Actually, I wish they'd just tested more games, old or new. Pardon me, but I don't think ~4 demos is a comprehensive nor accurate test of how well Cedega performs.

  2. WOW! by will.murnane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    gasp! surprise! wineX doesn't run games as well as windows! imo, wineX hurts the cause of developers, who can point to it and say "that's why we didn't develop a linux client! see, it runs!" if noone develops games for linux, noone plays games on linux. repeat. don't use or support wineX if you're interested in linux gaming.

    1. Re:WOW! by foidulus · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think the real reason that most companies don't develop Linux ports is that companies probably think that there really isn't a big enough audience that runs Linux exclusively. Most hardcore gamers will dual boot for games. It's a pain in the ass, but hardcore gamers are willing to do it.
      If you want linux gaming, write to the companies, and get others to do so, saying that you are interested in their product, but will not be purchasing it unless they release a linux port.

  3. hmm by DaveJay · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems odd that they would pick only games and demos that are NOT officially supported by Cedega.

  4. Wine & WineX are nice, but... by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...do we really need to focus so much effort on emulating Windows on Linux? Don't get me wrong, Wine/WineX it's cool, and i've used Wine to run specialized software unavailable on Linux (like EE software).

    But when you talk Wine, 99% of the time you're talking games. Wine is cool, but most modern games don't run well at all on it; i just prefer keeping a Windows partition handy, or playing native Linux games (which is much better. Games tend to fly on linux). They won't run well anytime soon either, as Wine is always playing catch-up. It's no coincidence that all games that play 100% correctly are at least a couple years old.

    I say this because people expect Linux to do *everything* better, even running games for another OS! It's simple, if you want to play the latest Windows game like it should, keep a Windows partition handy. Linux versions are becoming more common lately, but in the meantime, that's the only way to go.

    1. Re:Wine & WineX are nice, but... by mahdi13 · · Score: 4, Insightful
      It's simple, if you want to play the latest Windows game like it should, keep a Windows partition handy.
      Oh yes, that's SO SIMPLE!
      News flash: Not everyone has/runs Windows. It may come pre-installed with new machines but some people skipped the middle man and built their machines. Some people can't afford to pay for a copy of Windows (and refuse to pirate). And some people just don't want to run Windows at all

      There is NOTHING wrong with running Windows games on Linux with an "application layer", it doesn't hurt your system and it DOESN'T hurt Linux. Some people are not Frame Per Second junkies and don't mind a few quirks, bonus if it works 100%
      Game companies will not decide to port to Linux because "It runs with WineX", that is an excuse (if they actually say this, I've never heard it). If companies want to port to Linux they WILL. We have Epic and id as very strong backers of cross platform games, and more are following.

      Linux games will not be an over night 'killer app', but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy some things. Having Windows on a second hard drive or partition is not an option for everyone.
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    2. Re:Wine & WineX are nice, but... by Lisandro · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, if that's the case; tough luck. Really. Want to play Windows games? Buy Windows. It's not that Wine kills FPS (it doesn't - as a matter of fact), 80% of the games won't run AT ALL. It boils down to that.

      Look, i'm not bitching about Wine. It's an impressive piece of software, and God knows it made my life easier more than once. But people like to throw a fit when their *WINDOWS* games don't run properly on *LINUX* - i mean, what did you expect? It's emulation software, for a platform that's a moving target. It will never run as good as the real thing under those circumstances.

      Like you said, Epic and iD are doing a great job supporting Linux games, and more are following. In the meantime, if you like gaming, you're more or less forced to have a Windows partiton somewhere. It sucks, but that's how it is.

  5. Got to wonder.. by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why anyone who would be using Linux (Not you're average media following monkey), without knowing this? I've never run Linux (will change next box though) and even I know this.

    Next people will be complaining that MS Word doesn't run on Linux. Software is designed to work for a system, it works on that system. It's like trying to put a free into a desert and expecting it to grow..

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    I like muppets.
  6. Complaints? by Zorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't get why people are complaining about Cedega 4.0. Why, right now I've managed to get it to successfully run Internet Expl-

    error 21: program halted

    Damn..

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    It would be cool if it didn't suck.