winex and everquest

**doox00** · 02-27-2005

anyone use or haved used this http://www.transgaming.com/ ?

I am thinking about it so I can get eq running on my linux box, would like to know how well it works, how 'easy' it is to get working and what kinda system requirements it needs for games, example if I needed a 1ghz cpu and 256mb ran in windows world, what would be equalivant running winex in linux, more speed ram etc?

thanks

**Cancel** · 02-28-2005

Good question!!!! I am thinking of the same thing. I don't mind kicking out a few bucks to use the program, but since this is my first time using Linux, I am afraid installing and using the software might prove to be a daunting task.

**doox00** · 02-28-2005

actually I got it all working yesterday.. its pretty cool.. took a little tweaking and reading online etc.. but overal not to painful, and eq runs very good, even on my old athlon 1ghz linux box

**techieMoe** · 02-28-2005

Cedega is a hot topic, and has been discussed many times in the "Wine" and "Games & Multimedia" sections of this forum. To sum up *my* personal experience with Cedega/WineX: it depends.

Cedega runs beautifully on some computers, and doesn't run at all on others. It doesn't seem to matter what their hardware specs are or what distribution of Linux you have, because I've swapped out both and had the same result. My advice is if you simply can't live without your MS Windows games, dual boot with MS Windows. Playing something on its native OS will *always* give you better performance.

If it's not games you're worried about there are almost always free, Open-Source alternatives to popular applications such as Microsoft Orifice and Adobe Photoshop (OpenOffice and The GIMP, respectively).

**Cancel** · 03-01-2005

Very good advice techieMoe. It probably is wiser to have the native OS for the games etc. but I have been dreaming of having a Linux only box. I am fed up with Windoze, I assume as well as almost everyone else on this forum

. I have a question about Cedega though. Do you have to pay for it as a subscription or how exactly does it work. I have looked into Wine, but got very confused, very fast about installing it (have only had Linux for just under a week). Doox00, could you maybe summarize how you set yours up so I have an idea where to start???

**techieMoe** · 03-01-2005

Originally Posted by Cancel

I have a question about Cedega though. Do you have to pay for it as a subscription or how exactly does it work.

Cedega is a commercial piece of software developed by Transgaming that is sold as a subscription service. You can download the latest version of Cedega from their servers for (last time I checked) $5USD/month. The minimum starting payment is for 3 months, so if you wanted to just download the newest version and not stay subscribed you could pay your $15, download it, then cancel your subscription. You'll still pay the full $15 whether or not you use the full 3 months. After the initial payment it's $5/month for as long as you continue your auto-renewing subscription.

Transgaming.org is a site where the open-sourced code that Cedega uses (based on the WINE project) is released and repackaged for those who don't want to pay for Cedega. The drawback is that Cedega licenses technology to work with common copy-protection schemes that most new games use, so you may or may not be able to install your latest game using the free version. Hope that clears some things up.

**Cancel** · 03-01-2005

Thanks techieMoe, it does clear things up, but fogs up an new area

. Which is better, WineX or Cedega? This is a very confusing thing for me. I really don't mind shelling out the money, but I like to be properly informed.

**techieMoe** · 03-01-2005

Originally Posted by Cancel

Thanks techieMoe, it does clear things up, but fogs up an new area

. Which is better, WineX or Cedega? This is a very confusing thing for me. I really don't mind shelling out the money, but I like to be properly informed.

WineX was the name of Cedega before version 4.x. They're the same thing, just with different product names.

WINE on the other hand is a completely free (no cost, open-source) project that has a lot of the same code as Cedega (because Transgaming took what they had and built upon it).

**Flatline** · 03-01-2005

If you can't get Everquest to work properly, it's not the end of the world...it may even be better for your social life in the long run

**doox00** · 03-01-2005

ohh it works!!

I have a very good social life within the world of norrath hehe

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