[Wine] Re: Tell me the truth about WINE

[jhansonxi at gmail.com]

Ham Pastrami wrote:
> I'm an avid gamer, I play all kinds of games and a wide variety of specific
> titles, be they on the A-list or B-list. How realistic would it be for a
> person like me to rely solely on WINE for PC gaming?
>
> The question is especially poignant here and now, with Vista on the horizon
> and DX10 compatibility forcing Windows users to upgrade (for the record, I'm
> still on 2k by choice, and have no desire to continue using Windows as it
> becomes more invasive with regard to WGA, DRM, product activation and the
> like.) I would like an honest assessment of what gaming would be like if I
> made the jump to Linux (or rather, didn't make the jump to Vista) when DX10
> games start rolling around. Is WINE robust enough that it would make a dual
> boot of Vista unnecessary?

The App DB is not always up to date.  Some games work on some systems
with a particualr WIne version but not on others with the same version.
 Some games work better on Wine than on XP.  It depends on the
functions and hardware.  Wine's DirectX support is in a significant
state of flux right now because of DirectX 9 support and related
changes.  You might want to try Win2K in an emulator like QEMU or
VMWare.