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Slomo4shO   11-07-2008 at 03:46:37 AM

There has to be some type of emulator program that I am unaware of to allow me to play games such as Age of Empires 3, WoW, and various other Windows or OS 10 based games.

Thanks for your help :)

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   11-07-2008 at 10:48:45 AM
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WINE http://winehq.org/

http://appdb.winehq.org/

WINE is not an emulator and your mileage will vary.

On fedora9

Code :
  1. yum install wine



or

Applications => Add / Remove Software

Good luck :)

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ijack   11-07-2008 at 02:44:47 PM
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You might like to have a look at this site which give information about running games under Wine (including which games will work).

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amdfangirl   11-09-2008 at 01:21:48 AM
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linux_0 wrote :

WINE http://winehq.org/

http://appdb.winehq.org/

WINE is not an emulator and your mileage will vary.

On fedora9

Code :
  1. yum install wine



or

Applications => Add / Remove Software

Good luck :)



Then get the .exe install file and right click and "Run with: Wine" or something

Install and way you go.

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   11-09-2008 at 02:58:34 AM
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or on the command line

Code :
  1. wine setup.exe



Good luck :)

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amdfangirl   11-09-2008 at 04:37:03 AM
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I've found command line more reliable.

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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   11-09-2008 at 05:14:04 AM
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Indeed, the command line is the way to go.

Normally wine installs into /home/$user/.wine/

Apps usually go into /home/$user/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/

So you can cd into /home/$user/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/$your_app/

wine $launcher.exe

Good luck :)


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amdfangirl   11-09-2008 at 05:33:29 AM
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... or if your using KDE, it will automatically index itself under "Wine" in the K launch bar

Your program is also searchable from the KDE 4 search bar found on the lauch bar.

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