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Re: [LUG] PlayOnLinux

 

> Hi folks,
>
> Further to Terry's mention of World Of Warcraft on Linux, I came across
> this...
>
> http://www.playonlinux.com
>
> By the looks of it, PlayOnLinux is an easy to use application with a set of
> wizards which makes installing and using Windows games (and some other
> applications) easy.  It uses Wine and looking at the screen shots supports
> multiple versions of Wine (something which is handy as I've found some stuff
> works on one version of Wine better than others).
>
> It has pretty good documentation on the site for creating scripts for
> unsupported applications (I say unsupported applications, basically
> applications which don't have an installation script rather than an
> application which is unsupported by Wine) and has reasonably good
> instructions on how to install (although it does involve opening a terminal
> and copying and pasting some commands in).
>
> If anyone out there does have a killer Windows application they want to run
> on Linux, this may be worth having a look at.

I think I've got a spare HD kicking around with enough space to
install a distro and give this a whirl.  I'll have a look at it at the
weekend and see if I can get Wow up and running along with the latest
nvidia drivers.  I'll let you know how it goes.

I realise I can set up a dual boot, but if wow works I'll probably end
up swapping them over with a minimal windows install + wow to sit in a
drawer somewhere in case of "emergencies", and linux running on the
main boxes.

Would be very cool if this does the job.

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