| Review: TransGaming WineX 2.1 [UNIX Review] |
Sep. 08, 2002
Marcel Gagné reviews TransGaming's Wine X 2.1 for UnixReview . . .
"Whenever the discussion of Linux vs. Microsoft surfaces, one of the historical arguments is about working with Word and Excel format documents. Packages like StarOffice and its freeware sibling, OpenOffice, have pretty much ended that argument. Bit by bit, the reasons for sticking with Microsoft are evaporating. One of the disadvantages of Linux, however, is still its inability to play many favorite games."
"This isn't to say that there aren't tons of games available under Linux; albeit most are non-commercial. The hot new games ? the Warcrafts and Diablos of the world that use DirectX ? have been problematic. However, TransGaming Technologies Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario has created a solution called WineX. Its portability product makes it possible for popular Windows games to run under Linux, but they aren't just doing it for the gamers. TransGaming is working with game developers to speed cross-platform deployment of hot new titles by providing the magic necessary to run under Linux without spending the months or years required to create such a game . . . "
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