Tutorial Screencast on how to use Codeweavers Crossover for Games to be able to run almost all Games which where designed for MS Windows on Ubuntu Linux 9.10. The demonstration is created using Ubuntu Linux 9.10 64bit, Kdenlive 0.7.6, Cheese, recordmydesktop. 100% original video production by the www.OSGUI.com Tech Show.
Wine Is Not an Emulator.
recomment = recommend… :p
If Windows itself has problems that are causing it to crash and you don’t have a hardware problem, then no, the crashes will not carry over to Linux. In fact you can use Linux to access your documents/photos/music etc on your Windows partition if Windows wont boot. The distributions I’d most recomment for new users would probably be some of the usual suspects – Ubuntu, Mandriva & Mint are aimed at ordinary folks and are popular. Try more than one, use what you like, whatever works best for you.
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probably not, but any system can crash if its not updated and setup correctly
if what you think was true i would have mentioned it
sounds awsome but my computer crashes a lot will that carry over to linux if i install it and if not which brand do you recomend?
I think it would be fair if you mention the disadvantages of running via emulation, such as lack of optimization and extra processes necessary to run games.
YES, Much Better, so much better I hate Win, never use it, and I have made 170 videos about how much better linux is than windows
k will do is Linux better then windows by any chance?
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cool, thanks
I dunno I don’t have those Games you will just need to try it to find out
i have a question will Linux run certain games like madden and the Sims? also my vista always crashes if i switch to Linux will that fix the problems ?
i dunno what your talking about you need to explain things in more detail
also i don’t want to provide tech support in youtube comments
please watch all my videos and then go register on my website and ask any questions you have there
thanks
i have only used linux for a day now….and i have like this box as a home screen….how do i remove it??
ty for this vid
explanation was good
Looks cool!
thanks man
Nice vid dude like always keep going xD
OSGUI RULEEES!!!!!
i just tried it a minute ago it didn’t work but i’m going to actually look at it now. i shouldn’t leave it for the next update to see if that works.
have you tired it yet? did it get the sound working for you?
in my other video thats just about Wine I show what I mean by this….
i just assumed it was me not getting pulseaudio to work with all my apps. It wouldn’t have bee the first time. you have created a beast i’ll never run wow without sound again. sometimes sound effects are not wanted like the pesty gesture sounds that do exist in SL sometimes it is beneficial to have just Audio and media sounds Active none of that Ambient sound which gets on my nerves.
with normal wine u need to go into the config utility to sound tab to get it working
the difference with crossover for games is they give a guarantee that it will work an will provide you with tech support if u need it
i can’t speak for everyone but my experience of wine and games like World of warcraft are not that favourable when it comes to getting the game to start. Once it starts it can be just as reliable windows. the latest patch for example has a habit of runing the launcher.exe and changing the file permissions so it can’t be run the work around being to create a launcher which runs wow.exe directly. i never ever got in game sound to work but i’m not a fan of sound when playing WoW anyway.