Revisiting Linux Games

[fangbite]

I was reading up on all the old posts and saw one regarding linux games from winex to direct porting. I was intrigued by this and saw that it was about 2 years old. I'm fairly new to the entire linux thing (didn't even know what linux was until about 2 years ago and didn't start using it until a few months ago) and I was wondering if the situation has changed in regards to linux games.

Although I am mostly curious about the status of porting/emulating well known windows games, I am also curious about truely original linux games. I'm not talking about clones but something which is a new idea.

I would most appreciate any input on this since I am 2 inches away from going totally linux (i noticed all my programs except for games and a scanner program are linux based on my windows machine), and I wonder if it is really worth it for a gmaer like me to give windows the finger.

[VeeDubb]

If gaming is what you care about, there's two sites you need to have a look at. The first is http://www.tuxgames.com/ If there is a native linux version of a commercial game, they sell it. Period. You should always check there first.

 

The other is cedega (formerly known as WineX) at http://www.transgaming.com They also have a public forum at http://www.transgaming.org/forum Cedega is the only viable solution for running most windows games in linux at the present time. win4lin I'm told is good for many games that don't have huge system requirements and okay for others, but the only way to get true native speed with a windows game in linux, is cedega in all my experience. it's not free though, to get access to the support forums and downloads you need to pay $5.00/month and the first sign up is a 3 month minimum, so it will cost you at least $15.00, of course that's not bad when you consider the next best thing is win4lin at $89.00