Scarecrow Man Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 About Cedega Cedega, TransGaming's flagship Linux portability product, allows hundreds of Windows games to run on Linux seamlessly and transparently, right out of the box. With Cedega installed on a computer running Linux, users can simply insert their favorite Windows game CD, then install and play that game just as they would on a Windows system. Cedega can run hundreds of top tier titles on Linux, including blockbuster hits such as BattleField 2, World of WarCraft, Dungeon Siege 2, Madden 2006, Half Life 2, City of Villains, WarCraft III and Star Wars Galaxies, just to name a few.How Cedega WorksCedega works by directly loading a Windows program into memory on a Linux system and linking it to a Linux-optimized version of the Win32 APIs. TransGaming's Cedega implements common multimedia Windows APIs such as Direct3D, DirectInput, DirectSound and many others by mapping them to Linux equivalents like OpenGL, X11, and the OSS or ALSA sound APIs. Cedega is the culmination of many years of effort on these APIs. The TransGaming Teams knowledge of APIs such as DirectX is probably second only to Microsoft's.Home - http://www.transgaming.com/FAQ - http://www.transgaming.com/cedega_faq.phpNOTE: Cedega is a subscription based application. A monthly fee of $5 (discount for a 12 month subscription) is required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 NOTE: Cedega is a subscription based application. A monthly fee of $5 (discount for a 12 month subscription) is required.Not exactly... There is CVSDega which is CVS access to the Cedega/WineX source code provided freely (required by the GNU GPL which Cedega is licensed under) which you can build yourself, it's just a royal pain in the a**. It's just easier to pay the subscription for access to the binaries, which the GPL does not make you offer for free. Nonetheless, this is a very good product and well deserving of the $15 (there is a minimum 3-month subscription that you only need once (IE: only want the program for one game) unless you want program updates(if you want to play the latest and greatest)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korgg Posted July 20, 2006 Report Share Posted July 20, 2006 "A royal pain in the" is nicely said. I would choose something more appropriate :) I tried once to build from the CVS but no luck. But definitely deserves buying it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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