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- RedTroll, on 04/24/2008, -37/+192I'm running an alternative operating system called Windows and I really wish I could play some of those titles. Sure, Windows may not have as many cool games as Ubuntu but it suits my needs just fine and I think that having an alternative to using $huttleworth's OS is really important.
- craftyguy, on 04/24/2008, -7/+141Though the title is true, it's a bit misleading. ALL of these games are playable on other distros (gentoo, fedora, etc). If you can install the latest builds of Wine, you can run any of these apps.
Ubuntu = Linux
Linux != Ubuntu - Owned1Up, on 04/24/2008, -19/+126A TOTAL OF 5!?!?!?!?! #%# YEAH!, take that microsoft!
- agisten, on 04/24/2008, -14/+113Not bad, but Epic fail for forgetting about Eve Online - Native Linux Client MMORPG
- bj1989, on 04/24/2008, -4/+78Ok cool but I absolutely disagree with COD4. Only apply a small patch to wine, sounds like a piece of cake right? In fact, you have to compile the patch in wine yourself which means that you won't have the advantages of a prepackaged wine for your distribution! In addition, yes COD4 runs but you forgot to mention that you have to disable like half of the graphical effects to make it playable.
- briansearles, on 04/24/2008, -9/+55Can Windows?
- alexismyhomeboi, on 04/24/2008, -3/+47My favorite part is that vgpro is actually keeping up with this digg submission. They made edits to the article based on the comments here.
- Vindicoth, on 04/24/2008, -14/+52But.. can it play Crysis?
- lylepratt, on 04/24/2008, -4/+41Wow what an oversight indeed! I have now noted it at the end at your recommendation.
- dramaticlemur, on 04/24/2008, -10/+44Will those Ubuntu games run on Windows ?
- wontstoptalking, on 04/24/2008, -0/+34They added you at the bottom, actually. Nice job! What a great article, if they do that. I think I'll start reading this website.
- hmmdar, on 04/24/2008, -3/+30Eve Online is NOT, is say again NOT!!!!!! a native linux client. CCP did a deal with Cedega to intergrate cedaga as a wrapper around the existing windows eve online client. Cedega built a custom wrapper engine just for ccp.
- tonaros, on 04/24/2008, -2/+29I think two guys kissing is a gay idea, this is more like a stupid idea.
- OaklandNative, on 04/24/2008, -14/+41Aha. I finally figured the system out. If you tell diggers to bury you, they will digg you up due to their intense aversion to being told what to do. But if you give them the option to bury you, they will exercise their free will and it's adios *****. With this knowledge, I will rule the internet!
Digg me down. - KraftDinner101, on 04/24/2008, -3/+30He woooshed on his own joke? Woosh, yourself.
- disruptor108, on 04/24/2008, -0/+251) World of Warcraft v2.4.X
World of Warcraft requires Wine to run and has a PLATINUM rating. Voice Chat, Anti-Aliasing, Texture Filtering, Fullscreen switch, and gxrestart/reloadui all work perfectly. Some users report that a registry tweak is nessisary, but with the latest Wine release (v0.9.60) its pretty much plug-n-play.
2) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.4
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare v1.4 requires Wine to run and has an overall silver rating at WineHQ. One user even rated it at Gold. The wine does require a small patch for the game to run correctly, but other than that its simple! One minor flaw is that multiplayer support does not work on punkbuster enabled servers. Attempts to get punkbuster to work in Wine in the past have been all but hopeless.
3) Unreal Tournament 2004
Unreal Tournament 2004 works right out of the box. Wine is not needed. Installing is as simple as making sure your graphics drivers are up to date and typing: sudo sh /media/cdrom0/linux-installer.sh. With UT2004 comes a host of full modifications also available for play. One example is Alien Swarm. Alien Swarm is a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 created by Black Cat Games and initially released on May 28, 2004. If you've played UT2004 in the past, but never played Alien Swarm, its definitely worth a try
4) Day of Defeat: Source
Day of Defeat was originally a modification for Half-Life, but Valve released a new version based on the Source engine. This game requires Wine to play, but has a Platinum rating, so it involves little or no hassle. Another thing to note here is that Most of the other games based on the Source engine (Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike: Source) are also playable with platinum ratings using Wine.
5) Guild Wars All Versions
The best thing about Guild Wars is that it is a high quality MMORPG that has no subscription costs! Guild Wars takes the best elements of today's massively multiplayer online games and combines them with a new mission-based design that eliminates some of the more tedious aspects of those games. This game requires Wine to play, but once again has a platinum rating, so no headaches involved! - inactive, on 04/24/2008, -8/+30And that's why I still use windows for now...
- tEhKewleSt, on 04/24/2008, -0/+18Sigh...
Second Life? Really? - flarn2006, on 04/24/2008, -1/+19Second Life doesn't even require Wine, let alone a patched version! But then again, it's not technically a game...
- Scatropolis, on 04/24/2008, -2/+20Brother...I don't have any spyware/adware/malware software installed at all and somehow I survive.
- AYork, on 04/24/2008, -3/+18Srsly, they are. There will be a Linux-specific release of Duke Nukem Forever. I hear what's holding the whole thing up is the OS/2 version.
- LunaticFringe, on 04/24/2008, -2/+17Valve is supposedly going to start developing for Linux.
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -2/+17Ubuntu Є Linux
Ubuntu ≠ Linux - RedTroll, on 04/24/2008, -9/+24Linux is a kind of Ubuntu, that's why the title says "Ubuntu" not "Linux".
- thebaron2, on 04/24/2008, -1/+15I'm fairly certain that was rhetorical.
- lintmonkey, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13cou not
- justice7, on 04/24/2008, -7/+20*looks out window and up to the sky*
nope, no pigs .. .
*checks desk area at work*
nope, hell hasn't frozen over
*checks on your mom*
nope, you mom hasnt sung yet
sorry dude, not happening. - psion01, on 04/24/2008, -0/+12Nah ... that's just Steve Ballmer throwing things again.
- TheRealToma, on 04/24/2008, -4/+16You should try Torvald$ Linux.
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 04/24/2008, -2/+14I somewhat agree. Monthly subscriptions can be gay. It's lame if I not only have to pay to buy the game but also play it? I mean, I guess its not as bad if they just do monthly subscriptions, but not both, please. If you want to charge something upfront, give that much worth of the subscription free. 50 bucks up front should get you ten months at 5 bucks a month.
- lylepratt, on 04/24/2008, -2/+13You are in luck..it has actually received a Gold rating in Wine by one user. Single and multiplayer both appear to work: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=v ...
- lylepratt, on 04/24/2008, -0/+11Thanks! it has been added at your recommendation.
- Nougat, on 04/24/2008, -0/+11As a ZX80 user, I have to say HUNT THE WUMPUS.
- Dumbledorito, on 04/24/2008, -4/+15I love Eve's "Babylon-5" epic space-battles, but I've heard the game described as "Spreadsheets with Lasers."
- Disfnord, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10coun't?
- aasukisuki, on 04/24/2008, -2/+12Then don't play them.
- alefox, on 04/24/2008, -1/+11wtf are u talking about
- Matteos, on 04/24/2008, -3/+13On the wall...
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9let alone "killer"
- lylepratt, on 04/24/2008, -1/+10note quite: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=v ...
- tjmb9, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9You've taught me that not everything is stupid, some things are gay, and I thank you for that.
I guess what I'm trying to say is--pack your bags gang, we're going up my mom's ass! - sienar, on 04/24/2008, -2/+11no, Scatropolis is right. windows xp past SP2 and vista are both very good at working without any anti-virus or anti-spyware, assuming you don't have a user disabling security features and installing ***** from the internet
- drguerra, on 04/24/2008, -1/+10Mirror?
- ferrariman60, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8Before their server gives in to the digg effect, that is.
- 35263526, on 04/24/2008, -9/+17No ETQW == Epic Fail, especially with CoD4 on that list.
- H0ns, on 04/24/2008, -0/+81337 mirror we need
- fuzzlog, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8Nah, no need to reformat. Linux play well with others, doesn't care if it is in the first partition, last, middle, on external drive, usb drive, etc. It will even fix your windows partition for you if you get stuck with a drive that crashed.
- flarn2006, on 04/24/2008, -4/+12Hell's not freezing over yet, but I just saw a pig fly by my house!
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