LWN: Comments on "A Look At WineX"

MOH

yem — Thu, 29 May 2003 03:23:25 +0000

Lucky there's a native port coming then, isn't it?

http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=1223
http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?gameref=104&id=506815&nc=1054178500

Compiling from source

bobbybrasko — Mon, 19 May 2003 20:15:42 +0000

I downloaded the cvs tree from http://sourceforge.net/projects/winex/ and compiled it fine. I got Medal of Honor running which is supported with 4 stars. It crashes either right away or within an hour. Its exciting to see the game working on Linux, I just wish it didn't crash!

Just to clarify

yem — Thu, 08 May 2003 23:11:22 +0000

WineX has a "free" version and a subscription version (with extra goodies). The freshrpms version is most likely the free version. Its as good a way as any to give winex a spin.

[insert winex rant here]

yem — Thu, 08 May 2003 23:08:30 +0000

It should be mentioned that the two games that worked are actually available as native ports.

RTCW: ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/wolf/linux/
Heretic 2: http://www.lokigames.com/products/heretic2/

I don't have the energy for a real anti-winex rant. It's been hashed out countless times before.

A Look At WineX

Jerker — Thu, 08 May 2003 19:31:55 +0000

WineX seem to be packaged at Freshrpms.net. I havn't tried it.

A Look At Wine

knan — Thu, 08 May 2003 13:25:41 +0000

If you don't mind playing games a little bit "behind the curve", bog-standard Wine also works quite well. Installers are sometimes a problem, though.

In fact, one 1996 game I own work well in Wine, but is non-responsive in Windows 2000...