Linux Gaming

Linux Gaming

Hi guys, back again in Daiku Portal and today we will talk about the game. What!?? this joke? Shuttlecock game on Linux? Hehehehe .. True. This time we will discuss gaming on Linux. If the day when I was content with regular meetings LUG game, this time I want to share a little about gaming on Linux.

Actually, all the tutorials I've ever post in the forum thread famous one in Indonesia and quite complete but I will write again here. So, in linux there are 2 kinds of games in the Game Native Linux and Games that run on WINE. Both if walking on 2D graphics still do not matter, but if already running over 3D graphics, we need a driver in ubuntu Additional whose name propetiary driver. Propetiary driver used only for NVIDIA and ATI. Intel does not need propetiary driver for the Intel Graphics driver is Open Source. So now, how do I install drivers propetiary? To install propetiary driver, please open Additional drivers on ubuntu, then install the drivers propetiary. Like the example below is propetiary drivers for ATI.

Additional Driver

After install additional drivers, just select what games would be played. To install the game live native wrote via synaptic or can be downloaded *. Debs in PlayDeb. For the original games in Windows, can be run using WINE. Keep in mind, that NOT ALL games can run on WINE. WINE is still in the development stage, and games, especially games that use hackshield still can not run in WINE. List of applications and games that can run on top of WINE can be seen in the Wine AppDB. To install wine, terminal type the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install wine1.3

Just a little note, to which version of Ubuntu 10:10 down, need to add the wine ppa version 1.3 that can be installed in the terminal by typing:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install wine1.3

Once, it was to run the installer of the game, can be run in the following Like this:

$ wine (path ke aplikasi.exe)

Install the game as usual. And after that, usually can be seen in the game launcher or the shortcut on the desktop. If you want to manually run the game can be run as running the installer, or could require OpenGL mode could be typed:

$ wine (path ke aplikasi.exe) -opengl

The last tips, if needed dependency Windows like dotnet, vcrun, or directx, use winetricks. Winetricks requires internet connection to be installed. To run winetricks, on terminal type:

$ winetricks

The command can only be run after the user installs WINE. After that select the default wineprefix select and choose Install a Windows DLL or component. Then just selected dependency what you want to install and click OK.

WineTricks

Last but not least, practices make perfect. Directly tested and do not forget the WineHQ AppDB is a good reference to see how and if it is compatible with the version of Wine and distributions that we use. ;)