[Charlug] Windows Abandonment Roadmap

[Dennis Clark]

On 3/21/2009 1:06 AM, Bob Evans wrote:
> I'm lazy. I've had VMware for Linux for years. I keep an old version
> of Windows handy. (NT version 4?)
>  
> If/when I need a windows, I crank up the VMware app.
Although I do not spend as much time doing it now as I used to, I still
like to play games on my PC. Very few PC game developers port their
games to Linux these days, so most of my games are for Windows. I was
not prepared to let go of Windows until I had a solution for Windows gaming.

According to their web site, VMware has only officially started
supporting Direct3D in version 6.5 of their software. They had
experimental support in version 5.5, but certainly wasn't going to fork
out money on VMware for that. Modern graphics cards like my GTS 8800 512
are much more complex than the SVGA chipsets provided by most VM
software, and virtualizing the former smells like the wrong approach to me.

Cedega is an alternative solution to running Windows games under Linux
that does not rely on virtualization or even emulation (as it is based
on WINE). A Cedega subscription is now only $45 per year and is likely
to offer better performance and support for the latest Windows games
than VMware.

Cheers,

Dennis