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Transgaming to Support Half Life 2 Under Linux

Posted by Zonk on from the we-don't-go-to-ravenholme,-tux dept.

rpdillon writes "According to Half-Life Fallout, Transgaming Technologies has announced that they will be releasing version 4.2 of Cedega, their Wine based software allowing some DirectX games to be played under Linux. The new version will be released Dec 7th with official support included for Valve Software's Half-Life 2 and Steam, Valve's online software store and distribution system, and a required component of Half-Life 2."

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  1. What is real "halflife" ? by 2.7182 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Halflife refers to the amount of time it takes for a radioactive substance to decay to 1/2 of its mass.
    What is the relation to the game, exactly ?

    1. Re:What is real "halflife" ? by tod_miller · · Score: 4, Funny

      It was set inside 'Black Mesa' a research institute, that no doubt had all sorts of radioactive nastiness being carried around by cool looking robots.

      Plus the developers thought, wow, sounds like a cool name for a game.

      Throw a symbol of the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet around and you have a top notch game. ,\

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    2. Re:What is real "halflife" ? by oexeo · · Score: 5, Funny

      HalfLife is the point where it absorbs half of your life, where you should probably doing more productive things

    3. Re:What is real "halflife" ? by artemis67 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, if you want to split hairs, then the logo for Half-Life is screwed up, too. The second letter, which is supposed to be an "A", is actually the Greek letter Lambda -- "L". The logo reads to me as "HLLF-LIFE".

    4. Re:What is real "halflife" ? by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Funny
      Throw a symbol of the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet around and you have a top notch game. ,\
      Wait a second, you mean they didn't write it in Scheme?!!
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  2. Re:slow? by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this a troll, or are you stupid? Please advise, I'm not sure how to reply to this comment.

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  3. This means... by RandoX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Steamed pengiun for dinner!

  4. hardware specs for linux the same? by bgeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    or will it run on my DX2s and P75s?

    1. Re:hardware specs for linux the same? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      It should run fine on your 486, provided it is a DX (or an SX with a math co-processor), and runs 2xGeForce6800 Ultras in SLI.

  5. Re:slow? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    OH OH OH!! RATHER THAN READING ABOUT WINE, I'LL JUST POST ON SLASHDOT AND ASK EVERYONE!?!?! RTFM YOU TWIT.. LMAO

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  6. Did anybody else read the title as... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Transgendered to Support Half Life

    Nobody?

  7. In other news... by HohlerMann · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux users join the masses of gamers who are collectively WINEing about activation delays.

  8. Watch out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    They'd better change the acronym before Microsoft patent half of it...

  9. Poor servers... by Choubaka · · Score: 2, Funny

    You know, TransGaming just recently got their webservers back online after some downtime. Next thing, they make it on Slashdot. ... have mercy.

  10. In other news by oexeo · · Score: 1, Funny

    In other news:

    Cedega a program designed to run Windows/DirectX game in Linux, is going to be supporting a Windows/Direct X game in Linux.

  11. Re:woohoo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "That said"? More like, "that('s) SAD", as in pathetic. Pathetic that you should have to use some hacked-ass software to run something that works perfectly fine by default in Windows, the OS under which it was intended to run. It's rather like the freak from Silence of the Lambs that made a costume out of the skins of the women he murdered, thinking that he could become a woman. "Look! I'm just like Windows! Aren't I pretty, I can do anything!" Twisted and strange. :D

  12. Re:slow? by Psycho77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news: WINE get sued by microsoft for IsNot Patent :)

  13. Re:slow? by Gil-galad55 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good God, a recursive acronym embedded in a Slashcronym! TGIF.

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  14. Re:problems by mikael · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't worry, I'm sure somebody will write an ASCII only version that you can play by opening a remote 'ssh' window.

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  15. Re:You know what? by rabel · · Score: 2, Funny

    You use the word "friend", but I don't think it means what you think it does.