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[chris wyllie]

Hmm, talks on kernel compilations, interesting idea :)

Also, LSF, again interesting :P

I think there's just so many possibilities that I'd agree, maybe the LUG
does need a little more... direction.

I don't know, I'm just excited generally about this! (Can you tell? lol)

On 31/03/07, James Le Cuirot <chewi at aura-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I think many Linux users have a Cedega subscription but not so many
> admit it in a hurry. It was controversial to begin with and it's even
> more controversial now. They used to have a strong case with things like
> Steam and World of Warcraft but now regular Wine can run both of those
> just fine. Cedega is based off extremely old Wine code and the
> differences between them are really starting to show. One example is 2D
> graphics. Red Alert 2 runs far better on Wine than it does on Cedega.
> Another example is the registry code. It's been totally rewritten
> but Cedega still uses (and probably always will use) the old code. It
> fails to read the registry settings saved by Black & White, meaning
> that you can't change the details settings and subsequently, I can't
> turn off the effect that's making the game run like a dog every time
> the sun comes into view. Admittedly, Wine doesn't run the game at all
> but it does manage to read the registry when you run the configuration
> program. With so many more games now working in regular Wine, it won't
> be long before I, and probably many others, decide to cancel our
> subscriptions. The copy protection alone won't be enough to justify it
> because a quick visit to megagames.com almost always solves that
> problem. Cracking the games isn't an ideal solution but it's better
> than wasting money on a subscription.
>
> Okay rant over. Not meaning to spread FUD or anything, this is just my
> opinion on the matter. (-;
>
> Chewi
>
>
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:19:53 +0800
> "Nistur Effee" < nistur at karate.com> wrote:
> >
> > Like I said, I will do something if people want, I am by no means an
> > expert at Cedega, or anything Linux related for that matter really.
> > But if people think it will help then I suppose I could. However I
> > think it would be beneficial for someone to have a system with a
> > problem to bring it in as the same problem is unlikely to be fixed in
> > exactly the same way on two computers. Obviously easiest would be a
> > laptop. Also, I am lead to believe WoW works quite happily off wine
> > on it's own, without using WineX/Cedega. I can't say I've tried, nor
> > am likely to as, being the poor student I am, can't be bothered to
> > pay monthly fees. Oh, and all information for installing most games
> > under cedega is linked to in their games database.
>
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