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Linux and gaming � Your Experiences?
XYU \| 6:32 AM on 02.06.2009	10 comments

I would love to make the full transition from Windows XP to Fedora, the only thing holding me back so far is the fact that I still have a few PC games stopping me from switching to Linux completely.

In the past I have had little to no luck with Games in Linux, I managed to get Day Of Defeat running under Wine on my old machine, but the frame rate was too low to actually enjoy the game. I've heard reports of WoW running quite nicely under Wine but haven't tried it myself. I'd expect your system specifications will have a lot to do with how well Windows games would run under a Windows emulation layer.

Most console emulators you will need have already been ported to Linux, which is great. So, not all gaming is lost when Linux is installed. There's also quite a big selection of native Linux games available for download.

I even have the Xbox 360 wired controller running under Linux too.

But I'm talking about the games that are mostly windows only, the big hitters.

I've just had no luck in the past running Windows games in Linux. I have seen videos and stuff of games running seamlessly in Linux, but found myself having little to no luck..

I would love to hear other members experiences using Linux and running games. Have you had any luck? Did you use Wine or the paid alternatives crossover Linux or Cedega? Do you use Linux now as your main operating system and play widows games?

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10 comments | showing # 1 to 10

JustLikeBuck

I made the jump to Ubuntu a while back, aobut the time I moved my gaming focus to consoles (fed up of upgrading).

Whilst the gaming side is lacking, linux OSs make up for it by not having as much Bullsh*t as a MS one.

But I've managed to get most of my games to work in WINE quite well. It depends how popular it is, but many of my friends play source engine games through WINE despite a drop of 10fps, which will only matter to speed-freeks.

The majority of MY PC games are older than 2007, so they work quite well. Once you get to know a few tricks, you'll be surprised how easy it can be.

bloodylip

Gaming on Linux is bad, unless you want to play older games. I use it as my main OS, but boot into windows to game. I have a newer ATI card, so wine support is pretty awful. I think I finally managed to run L4D, but it crashed trying to find a game. Before the latest driver update, it wouldn't even try to start.

Its just so hit-or-miss that its usually better to not even try.

thefil

Wine is not the solution for games that require DX9 or above (or it wasn't when I last tried it within the past year). Source is nice because it supports DX8 mode, which Wine supports wonderfully.

Hemarroid

At least for now I don't have any problem playing games in wine, but to tell the truth until now I have only tried old game on it.
But theoretically any game that runs in opengl will work nice in wine.

Qraze

i got yellow dog on my ps3, the mednafen and sner emulators run nearly perfect expect when i'm listening to my music at the same time, then the framerate for the gba will fluctuate. i wish we had access to the rsx graphics card because i would have every game console emulated, especially the saturn (panzer dragon saga ftw) a dream nonetheless.

AgentMOO

I haven't tried it recently, but when I was at it about 7 years ago I was able to get quake 3 running for about 10 minutes after a couple days worth of work. If you're really hardcore about linux then go for it - otherwise I'd recommend using the native OS the games were meant for.

linuxguy

I use my computer to do everything but game.
reason #1 is that I'm not a pc gamer.
reason #2 is that my computer sucks.
gaming in linux can be as good as in windows(UT2k4 runs better under linux for me).

bloodylip

I'll second linuxguy's comments. Back when I played it, America's Army ran much better on linux than it did in windows. Same with Quake 3, UT2k3/4, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and Quake Wars.

Narishma

AgentMoo: A lot has changed in 7 years. You should retry it to update your opinions. ;p

I've never had any luck with Wine, so I only play native games on Linux, which is mostly id software games, indy games and emulators.

Spartacus

I've been trying to get Tremulous to work, it's really the only game in Ubuntu worth playing.

Oh, I play Gnometris a lot...

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