Windows games?

[Sinister_Diagram]

Yes, It's called Wine. But I wouldn't advice you doing it with Wine, PlayOnLinux is much better, try that one! By the way, I don't think that playing on Linux is too good, whenever I tried I just got bad FPS and slower games. I'd stick with Dual booting.

I definitely agree with Remp on this! I have used Wine many times when attempting to run various games that are meant for Windows and I struggled a majority of the time. If I was lucky enough for the game to install properly, the game play would be quite horrid. I cannot count how many times that the game would install, but the game launcher would not work properly, preventing me from entering the game. Graphics would not display properly and lagging was quite frequent. Most of the time, I would not be able to properly install the game, no matter what Wine version I would try.

PlayOnLinux is quite good and I had slightly better luck using this program. I still experienced graphical errors or extremely high FPS when using this program. Often times, I end up freezing and having to force down any game session that I would run.

I think that most Linux users would tell you that if you are wanting to run a Window's game on a Linux OS, you must have nerves of steel. I gave up and began researching Linux games. You will be surprised at what is available, depending on your gaming style preference, and the install process is much easier.

[icebirdro]

If you have low FPS in Wine or PlayOnLinux or you can't get the game running then I'd recommend a couple of Linux games like: Nexuiz, America's Army, Vendetta, Alien Arena 2007, Urban Terror, Second Life, Quake, etc.

HF gaming!

[Renzaku]

The only emulator that I could actually get working (or at least that I could remember) to run games such as World of Warcraft (a few years back) was Wine. I don't really bother using emulators or even playing games on Linux OS's at all any more though. It's so much more worth it and less time consuming to just dual boot.

[Sinister_Diagram]

The only emulator that I could actually get working (or at least that I could remember) to run games such as World of Warcraft (a few years back) was Wine. I don't really bother using emulators or even playing games on Linux OS's at all any more though. It's so much more worth it and less time consuming to just dual boot.

I have to say that I agree with you regarding dual boot. I say this is especially true if you are wanting to play Windows-based games. It is very time consuming, confusing, and simply aggravating at times to get a Windows game to work properly through an emulator. There is a chance that some will run perfectly and if you get one that is able to do so, more power to you! Dual booting allows you slightly more leverage when it comes to the use of Windows programs as you can simply boot up your Windows system when needed and still rely on Linux for everything else.

[psufootball]

Linux has plenty of good games on it, and I play a few of them on my laptop, however, they aren't mainstream games. If you want to play new games, either use dual-boot or have a second computer.