Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119

TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

Issued on Tuesday June 22, 2004

Toronto/Ottawa -- June 22, 2004 -- TransGaming today unveils the milestone
release of version 4.0 of its flagship product, WineX, which has been
renamed to Cedega. Cedega allows Windows ® games to seamlessly and
transparently run under Linux, out-of-the-box, with outstanding performance
and equivalent game-play. Cedega 4.0 includes support for Microsoft ®
DirectX ® 9.0, significantly broadening the scope and availability of the
latest triple "A" titles for avid Linux gamers. The landmark release of
Cedega 4.0 adds support for new blockbuster DirectX 9.0 titles such as
EA's? Battlefield Vietnam?, Eidos'? Hitman: Contracts ©, and LucasArts' ©
Star Wars?Galaxies?, bringing the total number of games supported under
Cedega to well over 300. Furthermore, Cedega features unprecedented support
for NCSoft's ® recently released massive multiplayer online game, City of
Heroes ® and Blizzard Entertainment's ® unreleased but highly anticipated
World of WarCraft ®.

.................

From a technical standpoint, this release sets a new benchmark for the
support of games on Linux. "The Cedega 4.0 release contains more
technological innovation than any previous TransGaming release and truly
represents a milestone in game software portability. Cedega 4.0 supports
titles that make use of the DirectX 9.0 API as well as advanced Pixel and
Vertex shaders. Cedega 4.0 also includes a new advanced inter-process
communication architecture that can double the speed of games which make
heavy use of Win32 kernel synchronization primitives," remarks Gavriel
State, CTO & Co-CEO of TransGaming Technologies.

To keep pace with the growth of Linux worldwide and to more effectively meet
consumer demands internationally, TransGaming is also pleased to announce
the European launch of Cedega 4.0. European customers and subscribers can
now pay in Euros, a feature that has been much anticipated and will cater
specifically to the rapidly growing Linux community in European countries.
Cedega 4.0 includes an updated version of its user friendly interface,
Point2Play, with multiple language support for English, Dutch, Danish,
Portuguese and German.

.....rest is on the web site......

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:28:28 +1200, steve wrote:

> http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119
>
> TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

All good news there. Thanks for posting that article.


Divine

--
"Gay, lesbian and bisexual people are often portrayed as a threat to all
that is good and decent. When we seek the SAME rights as others, these
people denounce us as seeking special rights."

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

Divine wrote:
>>http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119
>>TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

> All good news there. Thanks for posting that article.

Can either of you post the link to their game support DB?
I had a look, but can't find it.
I just want to check a few games against it... might be worth using :)

--
Dave Hall
http://www.dave.net.nz

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

"steve" <steve@nevernowut.org.nz> wrote in message
news:40d83a3c@news.orcon.net.nz...
> http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119
>
> TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega
>
> Issued on Tuesday June 22, 2004
>
> Toronto/Ottawa -- June 22, 2004 -- TransGaming today unveils the milestone
> release of version 4.0 of its flagship product, WineX, which has been
> renamed to Cedega. Cedega allows Windows ® games to seamlessly and
> transparently run under Linux, out-of-the-box, with outstanding
performance
> and equivalent game-play.

LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something new?
Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make it as a
desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're still trying to
copy the king.

Jackson.

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:
>>> http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119
>>> TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

>> All good news there. Thanks for posting that article.

> Can either of you post the link to their game support DB?
> I had a look, but can't find it.
> I just want to check a few games against it... might be worth using :)

A quick google found it...
http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=1060

but umm... from the page Im trying to get to.

Slashdotted
Looks like we're being slashdotted. We apologise for the inconvenience;
please come back later.
-- The TransGaming web team.

--
Dave Hall
http://www.dave.net.nz

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

Jackson wrote:
> LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something new?
> Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make it as a
> desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're still trying to
> copy the king.

How many trolls does it take to upset nz.comp?

--
Dave Hall
http://www.dave.net.nz

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:57:01 +1200, Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:

> Jackson wrote:
>> LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something
>> new? Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make
>> it as a desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're
>> still trying to copy the king.
>
> How many trolls does it take to upset nz.comp?

Ummm... three? No, five! Wait.. I give up...

;)

Cheers
Anton

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:47:57 +1200, Jackson wrote:

> LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something
> new? Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make
> it as a desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're
> still trying to copy the king.

Yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn - heard it all before - don't believe a word of
it.


Divine

--
"What some people have against Open Source Software is what Fundamentalist
Christians or Moslems have against Knowledge."

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

Dave - Dave.net.nz wrote:

> Jackson wrote:
>> LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something
>> new? Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make it
>> as a desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're still
>> trying to copy the king.
>
> How many trolls does it take to upset nz.comp?
>

Not many
If any

Re: Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released
 

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:47:57 +1200, "Jackson" <Jackson@mail.com>
wrote:

>
>"steve" <steve@nevernowut.org.nz> wrote in message
>news:40d83a3c@news.orcon.net.nz...
>> http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119
>>
>> TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega
>>
>> Issued on Tuesday June 22, 2004
>>
>> Toronto/Ottawa -- June 22, 2004 -- TransGaming today unveils the milestone
>> release of version 4.0 of its flagship product, WineX, which has been
>> renamed to Cedega. Cedega allows Windows ® games to seamlessly and
>> transparently run under Linux, out-of-the-box, with outstanding
>performance
>> and equivalent game-play.
>
>LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something new?
>Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make it as a
>desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're still trying to
>copy the king.
>
>Jackson.
>
Except that some people can actually see the 'king's' new clothes for
what they are.
http://www.angelfire.com/film/dannyk...ngsClothes.htm