Linux Windows Games + Apps under Linux?

Hey
I'm fed up of windows, so am thinking of moving over to linux. My only worry is that I wont be able to play BF2 or use my copy of Photoshop anymore.. I've never really used wine or anything before, but is it possible to run things (properly) like BF2, or will it just fail?

Cheers

Al.

 

I've heard you can use WINE or CeDega, but I've never used them myself, so couldn't be of much help. It's my understanding that even if they do work, they're usually very buggy. However, any games using OpenGL instead of DirectX have a MUCH higher chance of working in linux (i.e. quake2, rtcw, etc.)

 

I use Wine for PSE and it works absolutely fine. Prolly wouldn't want to play games under it tho.

 

Hm. I think I'll try playing BF2 through Knoppix before installing a full distro.

Cheers boys.

 

WineHQ suggests it won't run BF2. Transgaming Wiki says Cedega 5 will run BF2.
Popular games tend to be supported better than more obscure ones, and Cedega has an emphasis on running games. I use Steam under Cedega5, only issue I have is 1st aid points showing up all black in HL2. Framerates are fine (although I never played it under windows so can't really compare... )

If you can't get Photoshop going try GIMP

 

Excellent - thanks

 

I think crossover office claims to be able to run photoshop perfectly. On the other hand, if it is an old version of Photoshop, GIMP might actually be better.

L J

 

Gimp can do everything photoshop does and claims to be able to use PS's plugins.
Im usinf wine to run unreal +UT99 but im suffering bad proformance.
1GHz C3 pro
256 MB ram.

 

Every professional graphics designer that I've spoken to says otherwise.

 

Not suprised...

 

The GIMP can do just about everything photoshop can, unfortunately the developers focused more on features and less on the human interaction with said features. I can make just about every graphic using the GIMP as I can in Photoshop, but it will take me anywhere from 10 to 20 times the amount of time as if I had just used Photoshop.

I'm blessed with a windows PC at work that has all sorts of fun software paid for by my employer, such as the Adobe Creative Suite, but for my side business, I've been doing everything under linux (because of licensing agreements and whatnot)

My website was made with all linux apps, as were a few of my cheesy desktop icons (its nice being able to have huge desktop icons that look good!)


Both were thrown together rather quickly in inkscape and exported as .png instead of vector art. (Although linux can use vector art as icons as well, I just haven't had much luck getting aspect ratios to look good for some reason)

As for gaming, I still use my windows machine. If you have an ATI card, odds are you might be able to get OpenGL games to play, but not much of a chance for directX games. A co-worker of mine prefers OpenGL games on his linux box, and claims higher frame-rates, but I'm not sure. I've also seen screenshots of HL2/Counter-Strike: Source in linux, so it should still be playable, but probably on nVidia cards more than anything.

Good luck!

 

NEEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDSSSS Of coures they will there hoocked on that photoflop rubbish.
But yes it does take longer in gimp.
Im sure someone will sortthat out now theres the new interface guideline.

 

You can have the GIMP looking exactly like PS with GimpShop

 

Now to have it function like PS...

Pixel image editor comes close, but is still a bit buggy for me, and is closed source

I'm not trying to defend closed source apps, I'm just saying no matter how you configure your menus, the GIMP is not as intuitive as it could be, and is set up in such a way that once you do something simple, like add a drop-shadow, if you want to change the shape of the object, you have to then re-generate your drop shadow. (add on the fact that most times people add multiple effects to the same object, changing that object now requires you to re-do all of the steps youve taken up to that point!)