Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:43:56 -0700 From: "K Anderson" <freebsduser@comcast.net> To: "Gloryjoy Ga-ang" <gloryjoyg@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: freebsd for windows PC games Message-ID: <001401c5bcfa$443e32e0$0c64a8c0@opteron> References: <20050919073655.64846.qmail@web50004.mail.yahoo.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloryjoy Ga-ang" <gloryjoyg@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:36 AM Subject: freebsd for windows PC games > Hi > > I am presently using windows XP as my OS using a LAN > and I want to switch to Freebsd, but I have a few > questions regarding the compatibility of the OS with > windows PC games? Can I still run those games even if > I am using the freebsd OS? If not, are there any more > alternatives to run those PC games, and can those > games run smoothly? (especially the multiplayer games).. > No. Well not really no, but something close to it. There's a port called wine that allows you to run a limited set of Windows applications. There is also a subscription based version of wine that meets with some success in running Windows applications. The next thing would be vmware. That would allow you to have FreeBSD installed then install a secondary OS within vmware and thus Windows runs from that. There were a couple other bits of software just previously mentioned either this week or the previous week, you could go through the archives of this list.
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