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How To: Run Windows Games on Linux

Tired of the lackluster gaming opportunities on your alternative OS? Playing your favorite PC titles in Linux is easier than you think!

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FantasyStar6417d ago

Emulation is never the best way to do this. You're limited to the virtual environment and stresses the PS3 hardware necessarily. Sure you can play old games like Sins of a Solar Empire, but for more modern games....

Nope, you're not getting GeoW1 on PS3 anytime soon.

AuToFiRE6417d ago

what are you talking about? I was playing GeoW and halo on my ps3 last night..

AuToFiRE6417d ago

thank you! bubbles for you

FantasyStar6417d ago (Edited 6417d ago )

You sure? WINE uses Windows DLL in a Linux-Environment. With that said, I tried running PC games, specifically Gears of War using WINE and it didn't work out so well. But Halo 1 had a much better shot. Are you sure you're not confusing WINE with StreamMyGame? I'm able to stream the game from my PC to PS3 but that was it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10. Do I need YDL?

AuToFiRE6417d ago

Yes were sure, WINE actually does stand for Wine Is Not Emulation and im not confusing it with anything

FantasyStar6417d ago

Thanks. I'll give it another go in the mean time. +bubbles.

Viper76417d ago

Wasnt this a PC article?
What is this mumble about PS3 about?

Ps3 linux support is mostly for those who want to increase the media playback, browser etc etc and maybe try exploring the system a bit more. It lacks official drivers for the GPU which doesnt really allow ps3 to run modern pc games.

I am running ubuntu on my computer and I am pretty impressed that wine can run some programs pretty well. But I doubt you can play many modern games with it.

AuToFiRE6416d ago

Actually.. there are no "official" drivers for Linux, its all open source

uie4rhig6416d ago (Edited 6416d ago )

using linux, unless you have ps3 firmware 2.01 (not sure but its either 2.00, 2.01 or 2.10) you cannot run games that need decent graphics cards coz only the previous mentioned firmware has drivers for the PS3's GPU..

and WINE stands for Windows Is Not an Emulator and as it says its NOT an emulator, but a windows application layer.. basically it can run Windows DLL files inside linux WITHOUT having windows installed.. these DLL files in turn allow you to run windows programs WITHOUT windows installed..

WINE still doesn't support everything, but the support is very VERY big and a lot of programs work on, in fact, CoD4 runs fine on it aside from some random crashes.. and eventho i havent noticed it, some people say it runs at a higher framerate than windows..

i haven't tested GeoW1 so im not commenting on that ..

that being said.. i personally don't use linux for games, coz i use steam more often, and steam lags A LOT in linux.. therefore i have got 3 partitions, one vista, one XP and one Linux ubuntu 8.10 (best distro imo).. i use ubuntu for most of my computer stuff, and use XP and/or Vista (depending on Dx version needed) for games..

@FantasyStar..
you might want to upgrade Ubuntu 8.10, and give it up on gears of war coz it wont work (see http://appdb.winehq.org/obj... )

@AuToFiRE
Linux does have official drivers for somethings, but MOST are unofficial drivers (yet work better than Windows' official drivers..

however i LOVE the new linux kernel, its soo simple installation, and after install, it supports MOST of my hardware, the only thing that i needed to install is GPU drivers (both ATi and nVIDIA have official drivers, or you can use restricted drivers) and the multimedia keys of my laptop didn't work, but there is a fix on ubuntu forums, which i haven't tried yet, but will try it ASAP :)

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AuToFiRE6417d ago

Finally a guide I can show people instead of explaining it to them

dylz6417d ago

well anything u can run on linux u can run on ps3 because ps3 can run liniux so does that mean u can run pc exclusive games on ps3?????????????

AuToFiRE6417d ago

you can run quitea few of them on the ps3, but with RAM limitations and howthe ps3 uses RAM differently than a normal computer limits your choices for gaming on the ps3

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AuToFiRE6416d ago (Edited 6416d ago )

False, WINE is OPEN SOURCE it means anyone, including you or me could rewrite it to run on powerPC/Cell Architecture whiich people have already done

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Yep, Im glad to see Linux so recognized now, its a beautiful thing

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uie4rhig6416d ago (Edited 6416d ago )

WINE can be installed on any architecture (i installed it on Ubuntu 64bit, but removed ubuntu 64bit coz wine programs didn't run lol), but WINE is programmed to work with x86 files.. so you wont be able to run anything else than x86.. unless like AuToFiRE side, you can 'rewrite' to work with PPC or w/e other architecture.. but good luck doing that, the WINE team has been developing WINE for more than 15 years now (i think 16, not sure tho) so good luck rewriting it to make it work with PPC processors ;)
even if you succeed for some odd reason, good luck with making your programs work with PPC's and ditto for PS3's Cell (which is 128bit if im correct) (unless it already exists lol)

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paul-p19886417d ago

WINE is actually really good, and i knew about this a while back (still have UT2003 and Jedi Academy running on mine, and it actually works better than windows lol) but at least its pointing it out for people who havent realised it/only just moved to linux :)

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai32d ago (Edited 32d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio32d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing32d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9232d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit32d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing32d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9231d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

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