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Technical Help: Problems BEFORE entering the game / WineX
« on: March 21, 2003, 06:12:08 am »
good point, that it can be run in WineX.
i\'ve got a subscription to WineX, but i reserve it for those games that i HAVE to HAVE that absolutely do not run in linux. in case somebody cares, here\'s why.
if it runs in linux natively, it\'s going to be better in linux natively that running through the WineX program.
if it runs natively, then i get to install it. that means i get to learn more about linux, which is something valuable whether it\'s a smooth process or not. installing cel & crystal space from CVS, and then editing the scripts, setting environment variables, blah blah blah ... i wouldn\'t have done any of that or learned about it if i just ran
$ winex psclient.exe
this way, i\'m a better linux person, even if it\'s a pain in the ass trying to get the ps linux version to work (and it is).
third, the more games that run natively in linux, the more people are going to see a demand for games that run natively in linux. lets say the developers of planeshift are tracking downloads. i\'m sure that they are, even though it\'s all windows downloads at this point. downloading the windows version to run on linux discounts a linux gamer, and adds another point to the score for windows gamers.
to summarize:
it\'s important (to me, anyway) to sqeeze the most performance out of my games (i.e., running natively rather than through WineX). it\'s important that the linux gaming community is sharp enough to install our own games, no matter the difficulty. and it is so important that people know we\'re gaming on linux.
anyway, that\'s my $0.02.
ralph hogaboom
i\'ve got a subscription to WineX, but i reserve it for those games that i HAVE to HAVE that absolutely do not run in linux. in case somebody cares, here\'s why.
if it runs in linux natively, it\'s going to be better in linux natively that running through the WineX program.
if it runs natively, then i get to install it. that means i get to learn more about linux, which is something valuable whether it\'s a smooth process or not. installing cel & crystal space from CVS, and then editing the scripts, setting environment variables, blah blah blah ... i wouldn\'t have done any of that or learned about it if i just ran
$ winex psclient.exe
this way, i\'m a better linux person, even if it\'s a pain in the ass trying to get the ps linux version to work (and it is).
third, the more games that run natively in linux, the more people are going to see a demand for games that run natively in linux. lets say the developers of planeshift are tracking downloads. i\'m sure that they are, even though it\'s all windows downloads at this point. downloading the windows version to run on linux discounts a linux gamer, and adds another point to the score for windows gamers.
to summarize:
it\'s important (to me, anyway) to sqeeze the most performance out of my games (i.e., running natively rather than through WineX). it\'s important that the linux gaming community is sharp enough to install our own games, no matter the difficulty. and it is so important that people know we\'re gaming on linux.
anyway, that\'s my $0.02.
ralph hogaboom
funny, it\'s quite obvious to me now ...