desktoplinux.com— It looks like it's going to get easier and easier to run WoW on Linux. Now, if we could only get a native version...
Jul 10, 2006View in Crawl 4
It's been known for awhile Blizzard actually has a native Linux client in house but doesn't want to support it and release it to the masses. They really need to release it as an unsupported client. I've been trying to play it under Cedega but the fps hit is pretty big. Having an ATI card doesn't help much either though.
I've been trying to get WoW to work but i never get higher than 30 fps. And in some situations (like if i look at a certain thing) WoW gets really laggy. Any way i can contact you and we can talk this over?
cedega costs $60/year for all the upgrades and so forth.i have cxoffice 4.1, but since i didn't buy it from codeweavers themselves (i'm the guy that won it in the raffle at linuxfest northwest 2005), i'm stuck there. upgrading will cost. :(
i believe there is a kernel patch for wine support, but it's way out of date and no one uses it.bad idea anyway. it belongs in userspace where it is now.
Some of us watch tv, others read a book, others draw, others may just sit around and drink. The point is that we all have our activities that don't involve socializing. Fans of Linux and Warcraft should not be judged for their in home activities. You weren't outside talking to the opposite sex or anyone else when you replied to this digg, follow your own advice before giving it.
@starflookNope, I've found the opposite to be true. Windows games are diffulcult to get setup in Wine, and when you do get them setup, the performance is usually really bad.The real solution to the "gaming problem" for Linux is native games, and some open source Linux games aren't that bad. Nexuiz for one is enjoyable, but most Linux games are built on the quake engine so they're all "sort of the same" and repetitive. It'd be good to see more commercial gaming companies release games for Linux.Maybe hiring a Linux team just isn't profitable if you consider how many sales there would be,
mvent2Jul 11, 2006
PS. Grow up.
mermJul 11, 2006
I too would love to see a native version for linux. If they can make a version for Mac, they should be able to handle a linux version as well.
rogerhJul 11, 2006
NERF SHAMANS
araxenJul 11, 2006
It's been known for awhile Blizzard actually has a native Linux client in house but doesn't want to support it and release it to the masses. They really need to release it as an unsupported client. I've been trying to play it under Cedega but the fps hit is pretty big. Having an ATI card doesn't help much either though.
brad900Jul 11, 2006
I think I'll "demand" that Warren Buffet funds my subscription fees to all online gaming as well! "Demand" away oh gods of the Internet!!
crazymangJul 11, 2006
I've been trying to get WoW to work but i never get higher than 30 fps. And in some situations (like if i look at a certain thing) WoW gets really laggy. Any way i can contact you and we can talk this over?
toharrisJul 12, 2006
Linux will melt faces in WoW.
greyfadeJul 13, 2006
cedega costs $60/year for all the upgrades and so forth.i have cxoffice 4.1, but since i didn't buy it from codeweavers themselves (i'm the guy that won it in the raffle at linuxfest northwest 2005), i'm stuck there. upgrading will cost. :(
greyfadeJul 13, 2006
i believe there is a kernel patch for wine support, but it's way out of date and no one uses it.bad idea anyway. it belongs in userspace where it is now.
fader0003Oct 26, 2007
Some of us watch tv, others read a book, others draw, others may just sit around and drink. The point is that we all have our activities that don't involve socializing. Fans of Linux and Warcraft should not be judged for their in home activities. You weren't outside talking to the opposite sex or anyone else when you replied to this digg, follow your own advice before giving it.
robgleesonOct 11, 2009
@starflookNope, I've found the opposite to be true. Windows games are diffulcult to get setup in Wine, and when you do get them setup, the performance is usually really bad.The real solution to the "gaming problem" for Linux is native games, and some open source Linux games aren't that bad. Nexuiz for one is enjoyable, but most Linux games are built on the quake engine so they're all "sort of the same" and repetitive. It'd be good to see more commercial gaming companies release games for Linux.Maybe hiring a Linux team just isn't profitable if you consider how many sales there would be,