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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."

3 of 477 comments (clear)

  1. woohoo! by GrendelT · · Score: 0, Troll

    Eeeeexcellent! All the more reason you should move to Linux.

  2. Cedega and GPL by LordK2002 · · Score: 1, Troll
    From what I can make out on the Transgaming website, Cedega is a subscription-based commercial offering based on Wine, which is Free Software.

    Is this not a violation of the GPL, and exactly the sort of thing it was written to prevent?

  3. problems by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. I have to buy winex and halflife 2? Fuck that.

    2. I run x86_64 linux. winex isn't much of an option.

    3. I'd rather a native OpenGL port if I'm going to pay CashMoney.

    Tom

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