| Cedega update delivers more Windows games to Linux |
Apr. 20, 2007
TransGaming Technologies last week released Cedega 6.0, subscription-based software that enables Linux gamers to play Windows titles on their Linux OS of choice. Cedega 6.0 offers sharper, brighter graphics, improved sound, faster overall performance, and support for "many more games," new and old, the company said.
According to TransGaming, Cedega allows Windows games to run smoothly on Linux operating systems straight out-of-the-box. Using the integrated interface, users can install, update and play games just as they would on Windows, the company said.
New game titles supported by the version 6.0 update include "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion," "Battlefield 2142," "World of WarCraft," "Madden 2007," and "Civilization IV," according to the company.
Games can run in a window or in full-screen mode. Users can search the Web while playing online games.
Other key enhancements and features in Cedega 6.0, according to the company, include:- Ubuntu Edgy fixes
- Point size, scaling, sprite
- Floating point textures
- FBO Re-write
- Support for new FBO extensions
- New memory allocator
- Anti-Aliasing
- Improved ALSA
- Dmix and MMap
- Improved multimedia timer thread
- Dynamic CPU speed support
- Improved joystick functionality
- Copy protection improvement
Cedega's GUI lets Linux gamers to do things that are impossible on Windows, the company claims. For example, players can set configurations across every game they have installed. Updating, deleting, moving, and even troubleshooting of every game is accessed from a single interface.
Cedega runs on most major Linux distributions including (but not limited to): Linspire, Mandriva, SuSE, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Fedora Core, Debian, and Slackware, the company said. The operating system core requirements are a Linux Kernel 2.4 or higher, XFree86 4.0 (4.3 is recommended) or Xorg, and glibc 2.2 or higher. Cedega is available in RPM, DEB, and TGZ packages for easy installation on all major distributions of Linux, the company said.
Availability
Cedega is available to users through TransGaming's online subscription service. For a monthly fee of $5 (with a discount if a 12-month subscription is purchased in advance), subscribers receive ongoing access to Cedega updates, releases, and patches, have access to TransGaming's discussion forums; they can also influence TransGaming's development activities through voting ability in the Cedega community. Cedega can also be licensed for commercial use.
DesktopLinux.com published a Q&A interview with TransGaming founder and CEO Gavriel State. To find out how he launched his subscription gaming service, read the entire article here.
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