Windows játékok
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One of the most common questions in the Linux community comes from a majority of Windows™ users who all want to know the same thing. Can Linux play Windows™ game titles? Yes and No. There are some titles which can run natively in Linux just fine. This means you will not have to utilize a third-party application or emulator in order to play the game. However, most of the top titles at this time cannot be run natively but can be run with the support of an emulator. An emulator allows an application to run on a platform or operating system in which it wasn't intended for. There are two popular emulators in use today in the Linux community:

Wine (futtató környezet)

Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows™ API that runs on top of the X windows system. Like GNU, Wine is a recursive acronym which stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. Wine works with some of the games for Windows™, but not all of them. To find out which games you can run with Wine, refer to their website at http://www.winehq.com/. The application database stores all of the Windows™ titles that you can run with Wine and can be searched by going to http://appdb.winehq.org/.

Wine can be easily installed with the Adept Package Manager. Wine is located in the Universe repositories. Refer to the Adept Package Manager section for installation instructions.

Once installed, start Wine by going to KMenuUtilitiesWine

Cedega

Cedega, developed by Transgaming Technologies, is another application designed specifically for gaming. Titles such as Battlefield 2, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Word of Warcraft, Civilization IV, Madden 2006, and many more can now be played in Linux. The one pitfall for Cedega is that is costs money to use. For a fee of $5 USD (with a discount if a 12 month subscription is purchased in advance) subscribers are provided access to updates, releases and patches, discussion forums, and can influence development through voting. More information on Cedega and its subscription policies can be reviewed by going to http://www.transgaming.com/. Cedega, like Wine, also has a searchable database for all of the games it supports. You can search the database by going to http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/.

Installation information can be located at the Cedega website as well.

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