From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 09:12:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C8916A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsduser@comcast.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689E643D45 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:12:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsduser@comcast.net) Received: from opteron (c-67-171-212-242.hsd1.or.comcast.net[67.171.212.242]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with SMTP id <2005091909122901400jmv85e>; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:12:29 +0000 Message-ID: <001401c5bcfa$443e32e0$0c64a8c0@opteron> From: "K Anderson" To: "Gloryjoy Ga-ang" , References: <20050919073655.64846.qmail@web50004.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:43:56 -0700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Cc: Subject: Re: freebsd for windows PC games X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:12:30 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloryjoy Ga-ang" To: 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.