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[News] New Wine Released with More Games Supported, Quake Wars for Linux Coming Today

  • Subject: [News] New Wine Released with More Games Supported, Quake Wars for Linux Coming Today
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:48:24 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
ET:QW Linux Demo Coming TODAY

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| We told you three days ago that the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Linux demo 
| was coming very soon. Well, we've just received confirmation that the Linux 
| demo client will be available today! A new ET:QW Windows demo update is 
| coming out about noon (CST) and the Linux demo will be out within a few hours 
| after that. We'll have more information then.    
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEyNg

How To: Run Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, HL2 EP 1&2 In Ubuntu Using Wine

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| Let’s start with a overview of what we need to accomplish: Copy DVDs to Hard 
| Disk, Install & Configure Wine (including obtaining a proprietary, non-free 
| font), and finally, configure the game to run properly.  
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http://www.fsckin.com/2007/10/15/how-to-run-team-fortress-2-half-life-2-hl2-ep-12-in-ubuntu-using-wine/

[Wine 0.9.47 Released]

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| This is release 0.9.47 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
| 
| What's new in this release:
|   - New scheme for OpenGL support in child windows.
|   - Lots of fixes for regression test failures.
|   - A Tahoma replacement font.
|   - Lots of bug fixes.
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http://www.winehq.org/?announce=0.9.47

There's barely an excuse to give Linux the pass because of gaming. It has
become common FUD.


Related:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Coming Soon To Linux

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| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, the long-awaited title by id Software and Splash 
| Damage, launched today in North America. While a Linux-native client of this 
| game isn't available today, it will be available shortly.   
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=865&num=1


iTunes 7.3 on Linux with Wine

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| iTunes 7.3 includes Quicktime Player 7.1.6 and support for Apple's iPhone.
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http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2007/10/itunes-73-on-linux-with-wine.html


Wine 0.9.46 Released

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| This is release 0.9.46 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
| 
| What's new in this release:
|   - A variety of fixes to improve Photoshop CS2 support.
|   - More complete support for device installation in setupapi.
|   - New Bidi text implementation that doesn't depend on libicu.
|   - The usual assortment of Direct3D improvements.
|   - Beginning of I/O completion ports support.
|   - Lots of bug fixes.
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http://www.winehq.org/?announce=0.9.46


WINE 0.9.46 Is Out With New Fixes

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| For those using Adobe's Photoshop CS2 under Linux through WINE emulation, the 
| latest release of WINE adds a variety of fixes to improve the Photoshop Linux 
| experience.  
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA3OQ


Photoshop CS2 on Linux (Ubuntu)

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| Having tried to install it before, I knew the typical route
| wouldn't work. Instead I headed over to portableapps.com,
| and dug up some info on making CS2 portable, and followed
| the steps here (on a Windows XP install of course). I
| tested it out on Windows, worked like a charm.
| 
| I crossed my fingers and booted up ubuntu. Fingers crosse
| tighter yet, I ran the photoshop.exe file on my USB drive and...
| 
| Photoshop cs2 on LinuxSweet Panda! It worked!
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http://26bits.com/2007/photoshop-cs2-on-linux-ubuntu/

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