True enough. However, I have found that using the OpenGL cvs from the Winehq performs better than WineX, at least in my experience (hence why a cancelled my subscription to transgaming). Before applying the OpenGL patch from the cvs to Wine the Transgaming WineX seemed better, though my experience was far from what I had hoped. Once the I applied the cvs OpenGL patch to my Wine prog I had "much" better luck getting games to work. Granted, your mileage may vary, but IMHO the present state of development with Wine and OpenGL is coming along a little better than that of Transgaming. Also, support in WineX is gear toward gaming. There are more howto's and support groups for Wine and if it's programs other than games you want to run your best bet is with Wine. Just MHO, Curtis :) Quinton Delpeche wrote:
Hi,
Wine and WineX are very similar, although Wine is specifically aimed at applications and WineX is spefically aimed at Games.
WineX -- provides wrappers for the DirectX components and therefore allows DirectX games to run.
Wine -- provides wrappers for the more standard Windows components.
I haven't tried it myself, but you could probably run Apps under WineX, but I prefer to run both Wine and WineX where neccessary for their individual purposes.
Regards Q
On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 23:24, Jeric wrote:
Hi, What is the difference between wine and wineX? Is wineX /just/ for games, or can it do applications also? Because it looks like it has better support for games then wine, but I haven't seen anything as to applications that is supports. Is it possible to run both at the same time (wineX for my games, and wine for applications?)
I only have one (of several) computers left that still runs windows, but I need it for several programs and, of course, games. I am chained to windows because I have programs such as: dreamweaverUltraDev4, flash5, visualStudio.net, photoshop6, and bryce5. I know most of these have a somewhat comparable cousin in Linux, but I have come accustom to these particular ones, and don't want to have to relearn new apps (or re-purchase their equivalents). Plus, some are going to have serious issues being ported over (like .net). Also, I need a gaming computer, so I need something that can run games pretty well, too.
What is an inexpensive way to do this if Wine or WineX is not the way to go? I looked at VMWare, but almost 300 dollars is a little much with its current limitations, and no upgrade insurance. Hardware requirements (i.e. extra ram, hdd space, cpu power, etc.) are not an issue.
thanks, jeric
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