[H-GEN] Re: X locks up desktop, even with live cds

[Anthony Irwin]

Stephen Thorne wrote:
> On 3/1/07, Anthoy Irwin <anthony at server101.com> wrote:
>> Have you tried out cedega. You can get quite a lot of the latest games
>> working with cedega and they have come a long way with making it
>> easier to use.
> 
> I've used Wine and its derivatives to play games under linux, where
> "fully supported" for a game might mean that you can play all through
> the game and its expansion (starcraft), you can play provided you
> don't mind you mouse looking like it's moving through treacle
> (fallout2) or it will get to the loading screen, possibly start the
> first level and then crash if you blink (most other games).
> 
> I got so shat off that I obtained a tv tuner card and a nintendo
> gamecube. I've never looked back, games that "just work" when you
> stick a disc in and turn the device on aren't fictional. They're a
> reality that non-wine gamers don't even know exists.
> 
> Stephen.

I have played the odd game through cedega. In fact I hosted and played 
a warcraft3 game on my linux box with 3 other windows computers 
playing and no one noticed any difference, we played it for several hours.

I have had quite a bit of success using cedega with the few games I 
have tried to run. Over the xmas break I installed tie fighter 
collectors edition which is quite old and from what I have seen in 
forums does not work properly in windows xp. It worked fine for me in 
cedega except when I exited the game the X screen resolution was all 
screwed up but that was easily fixed.

Transgaming make money from people subscribing to cedega and dedicate 
themselves to making games work with it easily for non-technical 
people and from what I have seen they have done a pretty good job.

Don't compare wine to cedega for games they are not equivalent.

Kind Regards,
Anthony Irwin