Playonlinux first impressions (wine front end)

Impotence · 14-03-2008, 06:53 AM

playonlinux is a front end for wine that make its ridiculously easy to install and run a large selection of windows games (and applications) After enabling the community repository for the setup scripts (settings > repositories and select community), the official repository only contains a few scripts (but they are the only scripts more or less guaranteed to work!).

I was able to install and play "STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl" without any fuss, playonlinux also downloaded and installed DirectX9c and the Microsoft core fonts for me! there are also scripts for install WOW, steam etc (but i have not tried them yet).

playonlinux is not in the ubuntu repositories but you can add the repository, its key and install playonlinux with the following command.

Code:

sudo wget http://playonlinux.botux.net/playonlinux.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list && wget -q http://playonlinux.botux.net/pol.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install playonlinux

megamaced · 14-03-2008, 08:39 PM

I have had a brief play around with this and I thought it was pretty good too. Wine-Doors is a good alternative, but it's aimed more at Windows applications.

I have to say that, after playing around with all the WINE-like applications, such as Wine-doors, Playonlinux, Cedega and Crossover, I have found Crossover to be better at games and applications. If only they could ditch the horrible looking GTK+1 interface with GTK+2....

Swansen · 15-03-2008, 05:18 AM

Huh, thats pretty cool, i'll have to look into that, granted, i have a cedega license at my disposal rate now, but that is still pretty interesting.

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Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 19 Male Posts: 1,878 Times Helpful: 126 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	Playonlinux first impressions (wine front end) playonlinux is a front end for wine that make its ridiculously easy to install and run a large selection of windows games (and applications) After enabling the community repository for the setup scripts (settings > repositories and select community), the official repository only contains a few scripts (but they are the only scripts more or less guaranteed to work!). I was able to install and play "STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl" without any fuss, playonlinux also downloaded and installed DirectX9c and the Microsoft core fonts for me! there are also scripts for install WOW, steam etc (but i have not tried them yet). playonlinux is not in the ubuntu repositories but you can add the repository, its key and install playonlinux with the following command. Code: sudo wget http://playonlinux.botux.net/playonlinux.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list && wget -q http://playonlinux.botux.net/pol.gpg -O- \| sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install playonlinux __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

14-03-2008, 08:39 PM	#2 (permalink) Top
megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,468 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	I have had a brief play around with this and I thought it was pretty good too. Wine-Doors is a good alternative, but it's aimed more at Windows applications. I have to say that, after playing around with all the WINE-like applications, such as Wine-doors, Playonlinux, Cedega and Crossover, I have found Crossover to be better at games and applications. If only they could ditch the horrible looking GTK+1 interface with GTK+2.... __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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