question about running windows apps on linux

[hnugz]

There are windows emulators out there for linux correct?  I mean, the main reason I use windows is so I can play my games.  What can I do to run these games on linux?  Or any windows app for that matter.  I'm running mandrake 9 if that makes a difference.

[Doogee]

WINE is meant to be alright but for DirectX stuff use WineX, also ive heard some programs run better on VMWare.

[jtpenrod]

• WINE
• Win4Lin
• VMWare

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[billy_gates]

quote:Originally posted by Got Doogee?:
WINE is meant to be alright but for DirectX stuff use WineX, also ive heard some programs run better on VMWare.

If I downloaded WINE from http://winehq.org/download/  as a binary and then compiled the source did it come with WINEX?  I have been trying to get Half Life to run but when I start a game it has just a black screen.  I used the Linux Half Life instructions that I found on a site that I cannot remember at the moment and it said nothing about a "WINEX"

[Doogee]

no WineX doesnt come with Wine, u can get winex from cvs from Transgaming

[hnugz]

hmm, are there any other options?  i dont wanna have to subscribe to that place just to play games on linux.  i might as well keep using windows.

[beltorak0]

you don't need to subscribe to download the source and compile; you only need to for pre-compiled binaries; at least that's the way I understood the liscense.

The hardest part for me was downloading the source from the CVS tree; i have no idea how to do it in the M/9 GUI; but the console instructions on transgaming's site worked perfectly -- after the CVS setup stuff.

[hnugz]

oh i see.  well as soon as i get more familiar with linux ill figure out how to do all that stuff.  thanks again.

[SAJChurchey]

How good is Wine emulation really?  I have trouble getting it to run simple chess clients and Warcraft I and II.  It doesn't really look like it's getting anywhere to me.  Am I doing something wrong?