On Sunday 30 June 2002 10:10 am, you wrote:
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> Firstly, I tried the whole WineX thing. And let me tell you, it sucks.
I think it rules.
> During that time, they released ONE RPM. ONE.
I've been with them some few months and have went thru 3 releases. Another
point to the subscription is that we are supporting their development. I'm
comfortable with this...
> I have tested over 70 games myself on WineX 2.0, and less than 10% of them
> worked, IIRC. Here is a partial list of the games I tested:
First of all, let me say how impressed I am with someone who has 70 games!
and then...I've (obviously) not tried these games - but I can report that the
following work great:
Diablo 2
Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
Strarcraft
Strarcraft: Brood wars
Jedi Knight 2: Outcast
> Why? Cuz WineX performance is less than 50% of the Windows/Linux
> equivalent. Don't argue; it's a fact. I tested it myself, and it was
> benchmarked on some website as well.
Nope. Not here. All the games that I listed and play, play as fast/good under
the WineX/Linux combo as they do under Windoze...
> I hate WineX, and if we settle for emulated crap, then the developers will
> just say "Oh, I see that our work is not appreciated/needed, since Wine(X)
> is good enough for them, so I suppose we won't port this game now."
I've worried about this as well, but WineX *does* work with the most popular
games I play, so until they are ported, I'll use it. Using Windows platform
games under WineX in Linux beats the Hell out of having to have Windows on my
computer!
> Emulated can NEVER compare to NATIVE Linux games. EVER.
I absolutely agree with the above line!
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