[Note: X-posted.]
From the latest Redhat Under The Brim(tm) newsletter:
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WE GOT GAME(S)
One of the long standing requests for the Linux platform has been the
interoperability or porting of popular PC games to the Linux platform.
Unreal Tournament, Quake and Doom have all run natively, and Neverwinter
Nights has a Linux client in the works.
Strategy, role playing, first person shooters are the staple of a desktop
gaming platform. What about Linux? A company called TransGaming
(http://www.transgaming.com) has risen to that call with a product called
WineX. It takes the community version of wine and maps DirectX controls
against OpenGL.
The result is that well over 150 of your favorite PC games are working on
Linux and TransGaming fully supports a significant portion of those, with
more added each month. Today's hottest titles, such as Warcraft III, Grand
Theft Auto 3, Civilization III, Diablo II, Black and White, Jedi Knight II,
Counter Strike, Rainbow 6 are either fully supported or have anecdotal
confirmation. And the list goes on. Look for the full list of supported
games at TransGaming's site, as well as a database of games listed by
degree of stability.
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- Sandip
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Sandip Bhattacharya
Puroga Technologies
Work: sandip <@> puroga.com, http://www.puroga.com
Play: sandipb <@> bigfoot.com, http://www.sandipb.net
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