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preacher:
The commecial version does indeed cost money, but it works with a lot more games than regular Wine and includes software called Point 2 Play that makes installing super easy. It really is worth the cost. I have installed several games like Sim City 4, Max Payne 1 & 2, Warcraft III, and they all work great. Keep in mind that emulation software isn't as efficient as running games natively, so some games will run slower than they do on Windows with the same hardware. One example is Battlefield 1942.

erosnemesis:
I have been using wine for a while now and i have had minimal problems.  now i learned about CVs install and i have been using winex it have been even better

T-Wood:
ID software makes games for linux. Their latest game, Return to Castle Wolfenstine, does have a linux version. I beleive you can also expect Doom 3 which is coming out soon will be linux compatible. The only thing is linux only has drivers for Radeons, and Geforce/tnt2 chips. Any other video chip dosen't support 3-d acceleration under linux, with few exceptions.

DukePuke:
id software dont touch RTCW development. Its just based on q3 engine

preacher:

quote:Originally posted by Tristan:
ID software makes games for linux. Their latest game, Return to Castle Wolfenstine, does have a linux version. I beleive you can also expect Doom 3 which is coming out soon will be linux compatible. The only thing is linux only has drivers for Radeons, and Geforce/tnt2 chips. Any other video chip dosen't support 3-d acceleration under linux, with few exceptions.
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The reason so many ID games are ported to linux is because ID is one of the few mainstream game makers that uses OpenGL instead of DirectX.

The video card thing seems like it might be a problem until you realize that 90% of the video cards on the market are Nvidia, or ATI.

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