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Cedega 5.1 Released
Gamasutra reports that Cedega 1.5 has been released for Linux gamers looking for a Civ IV fix. From the release: "TransGaming Technologies has released Cedega 5.1, which features support for some of the newest PC titles such as Sid Meier's Civilization IV, FIFA 06 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Cedega allows games originally created for the Windows platform to run on Linux, straight out of the box. Other titles supported on Cedega 5.1 include Battlefield 2, Dungeon Siege II, City of Villains, Madden NFL 2006, World of WarCraft, Half-Life 2, Guild Wars, and many others. Cedega 5.1 builds on this growing list of game titles with new features that improve overall game play."
I will enjoy the day when I can remove the horrid taint from my system (Cedega) and be able to game with only native or WINE run games. :)
Oh right, but you don't mind tainting your system with cracked games? Because those are the only ones you're going to be running with vanilla WINE. WINE doesn't include the code for working round the various protection mechanisms. Some is being added, but it's never going to get much development effort because of the legal problems. Cedega does, but the code can't be released due to the DMCA. Did you even know you can download all of the Cedega source minus the copy protection bits?
So you consider it a "horrible taint" to your system because of the feature that actually makes it work.
And because of your fucked up software idealism you're either going to end up running cracked games or no games.
It may also come as a surprise to find out that those games you're playing aren't released under the GPL either (even the Linux native ones). How the fuck do those not taint your system?
I can see you've given this a lot of thought. Shame you forgot about that whole reality thing.