Linux 'n games

[Austin Isler]

Thomas wrote:

> hi, i really used to be a gamer, and to be honest, i wasted a lot of 
> time getting games for linux and get games to work with winex. My 
> personal experience is, that it takes a lot more time to get a game 
> work with linux. There is just a small number of native linux games 
> and an even smaller number of good native linux games that can compare 
> to modern games that were written for platforms like MS. In my 
> opinion, WineX just works for a short number of quite old games. All 
> in all the number working games to choose from is incredibly low, 
> compared to other platforms. And the number of games with good sound 
> and graphic is even a whole lot lower. I tend to say you can count 
> them on one hand.
>
> My personal conclusion: Playing with the linux operating system can be 
> a lot of fun, but having fun playing games just to play the game (not 
> to worry about where to get it from and how to get it working) is very 
> limited.
>
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> Rob schrieb:
>
>> You could try this version of wine that is supposed to be geared 
>> more  to
>> gaming:
>>
>> http://www.transgaming.com/
>>
>> Rob
>
I have a WineX from CVS in RPM if anyone wants.

Austin