Comments on: WineX 3.2, etc.

By: ThoreauHD

ThoreauHD — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 17:53:10 +0000

I was thinking of emulating linux running on top of windows. Do you think that will help us get more native linux games? Eh, maybe not a great idea. Hmm, I wonder why…

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Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:53:59 +0000

my personal belief is that you should cover winex. as a casual gamer, i needed winex to move from a primary windows desktop to a primary linux desktop. i didn’t want to do it without grand theft auto 3. so i subscribed for three months. and you know what? after i had gta3 running under linux, without X (for speed), i started looking at what else (besides tuxracer) linux gaming has to offer. winex isn’t fantastic, but it’s good enough to have been a help for me to get to linux.

i hardly use it anymore, but it has a place as a tool in a linux gamer’s toolbox for playing games. it’s part of gaming in linux — therefore, i think it should be covered.

ralph hogaboom

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Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:45:39 +0000

i think it comes down to whether you want to be a source for information about gaming under linux, or whether you want to exert whatever power/influence linuxgames.com has to advance gaming under linux.

winex is a part of gaming under linux. covering it makes you a more credible source for info about gaming under linux.

winex is arguably hurting native linux gaming apps. avoiding coverage of it can, in theory, make native linux gaming more apparent to end users, thereby improving the state of gaming in linux in general.

ralph hogaboom

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Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:53:44 +0000

I”ve tried winex on one of my favorite games and while it installs just fine…the graphics are nasty ( discolored horribly) and gameplay is VERY slow compared to windows counterpart..

so it would seem my experience is similar to many others where the hype does NOT meet the challenge of real experience..

so for me…as a linux gaming fan..its clear one choices remains which is concentrating on native games and let windows users deal with their own…

if we flat start ‘backing’ NATIVE linux games utterly dont you think that would send a clear message to game developers??..instead of the one we’re sending now where using emulation is a clear message to tell them to continue developing windows binaries ???

I do Understand that ‘some’ people miss playing ‘some’ games that doens’t work in linux..but maybe if those same people just shift their priorities and just ‘try’ whats natively available for linux they might be pleasantly surprised and side effect will be many more to come from the result of a developer community noticing us much more.

cya
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By: SQLBoy

SQLBoy — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:20:56 +0000

Will the real definition of ‘emulation’ please stand up?

To imitate the function of (another system), as by modifications to hardware or software that allow the imitating system to accept the same data, execute the same programs, and achieve the same results as the imitated system.

By: Jestrzcap

Jestrzcap — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 17:43:07 +0000

I dont see any real problem with Winex or Wine news. I dont personally support Winex, but I dont have any issues with playing with wine every once in a while. I dont go out and buy games with the intention of playing them in linux if they are win32 only. Im always interested to know when popular software puts out an update that could potentially allow me to have more fun on my box.

By: simcon

simcon — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:47:24 +0000

2 days ago I downloaded a demo of Codeweavers CrossOver Office because I have an old ‘copy’ of Photoshop 5 I wanted to try out under Linux, and it worked. Ok installing was easy enough but I had to kill the installation a few times to get it installed correctly, it runs rather slowly, is old software and emulation feels a bit gimmicky (a novelty), but hey I have a professional graphics application that is usable to a degree. I wouldn’t though consider doing the same thing with games because to be honest there’s no way they can be as fluid and stable as proper native games and neither do I want my machine clogged up with crap Windblows code either. Native games or nothing.

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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 04:45:34 +0000

What is all the fuzz about winex, it hardly runs any direct3d games (max payne 2, gta3 and a few older games) and opengl games (the bulk of the games working with winex) run better with normal wine….

I always was afraid that transgaming would hurt native linux gaming, but with the tiny amount of games that run only on winex and not on wine (and that after years of winex development) I still feel transgaming has failed to deliver so the only news on winex that might be interesting would be next direct3d game the get working

By: rafaMEX

rafaMEX — Tue, 18 Nov 2003 22:27:05 +0000

Counter Strike on a PIII 550Mhz + Win98 and a Geforce2Gts runs just perfet with skined weapons, while rebooting and using winex, the framete is not acceptable, damn too slow. is basicaly unplayable. therefore I WANT NATIVE STUFF FOR MY OS! is retarded to use an app that makes yor system ruuns like if it was 1/3 of its original speed.

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Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:43:20 +0000

LG has done a fine job of keeping up to date on major news regarding both Wine and WineX. However, LG does not inform readers of every minor development in the Wine project. Seems to me that if more attention were going to be paid to the development of WineX, then more attention should be paid to the development of Wine as well.