WoW on Ubuntu 8.04 using WINE

[Mooseguy15]

this will prolly work on a powermac g5 running ubuntu right please say yes cause blizzard stopped support for powerpc macs under osx

[Maldrend]

Sorry i don't really get what the differance is O.o

[M15T3Red]

@Maldrend haha that is the interesting here, windows vs ubuntu the only difference is that you pay for windows, ubuntu is absolutly free

[thecadaver33]

@M15T3Red the only difference is the price? that... may be the most offencive thing i've heard of ubuntu in my life :c

also,  he meant the difference between playing it on windows and playing it on ubuntu.

[Jaosin3]

you be trollin

[J0RDSKI]

Does it have more lag on linux than windows 7?

[bgeschka]

jep wow runs smoother on linux, even with compiz cube and else

[Rogueixpresents]

cool

[skyykloudz]

I love unix based systems, and seeing stuff like this is just awesome

[djaxe32]

Nice troll XD

[gtatec9]

no offense but this guy seems like a pedo!

[GreenFont]

I have gotten WoW running on two Ubuntu 8.10 machines in the past with mixed results. The newest unstable wine is needed due to the latest patch... but it runs well... with faults, on one PC it will only run in fullscreen at a certain resolution but supports all graphics at full. The other only supports graphics around mid way but otherwise works fine. Using graphics cards Nvidia 9600GT for the first and Nvidia 7600GT on the latter.

[oathkeeper312213]

i think i finally got it working lol

[krosakikyo]

Rox a LOT!

Die Stallman!

Die Mr. Gates!

[fribiesdi]

so you defend Linux in english and kills it in portuguese? i can't measure how stupid you are.

[r8qt7]

wine is around 30 % slower than the actual win game

[KaedanIR]

Not really.. The only reason games lag is because the graphics drivers are dated. For example.. I think the most up-to-date drivers available for ubuntu are 183 drivers. Nvidia are on like 190+ now

[diegoedv]

not really, in some cases it might be slower but in a lot others is much faster, because of how the kernel manages the resources differently, I believe if the guy here turns of his compiz the FPS will be a lot faster, compiz is redrawing the entire screen here, that's why it's slower, but it's much faster without composite turned on.

[idioticinc]

i use the same exact monitor =O

[Ne0nLiteZ]

the ONLY thing that stops me from playing wow in wine is there is no hardware cursor support from blizzard for opengl

[supr4]

hey guys lets all download linux then emulate windows.

[gamertillman]

people download linux not to emulate windows. Quite the contrary. They simply want a more stable environment that gives you more control. Playing games is something you do when you are doing nothing else. For everything else linux is better I have found because its simply faster and doesn't waste processing power. I still have windows installed though I don't see a reason anymore.

[Ne0nLiteZ]

Only for occasional games....

[supr4]

FUCK CASUAL GAMERS

[dsgalen]

@supr4 wine doesn´t emulate windows it emulates direct x and so on to play on linux...

[LordShagrath]

(W)ine (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator

[t3hp1t]

How did you get that cool looking cube to switch the windows?

[brizzenden]

It's standard with Ubuntu. But you do have to set how many panels you want. It defaults to just two but you can get more. I am not sure but I think it goes up to 8.

[Ellio123]

im using linux mint. Cant seem to get wine working with WoW.

[SOF006]

Woo Ubuntu and OpenGL + WoW = Better than Windows :P

[mrMein]

Are you sure??? i want evidence!

comparison

[Raellus]

1: Download ubuntu

2: install Wine

3: Install WoW

4: ????

5: Profit!

[segapaisa]

@SOF006 plop!

[charliebell01]

LOL besides showing off the compiz wich other games can we play on wine??

[Ravenous1986]

Dude.. what did you do to make the WoW work 100% I can play and all but when i enter that cave like you did i get a MAYOR fucking screen bug!! help me out here bro

[Ellio123]

Mayor of what city?

[Syckful]

lol +thumb up

[hitmankratos]

dang that f***ed up! Real nice...Imma get Ubuntu since there is this.

5 Stars.

[jcng5]

what is the sys spec that is need to have such good graphic?

[scottui]

when i run it on OpenGl the colors are all weird but if i don't it doesn't work how di i get it to work

[jonzie377]

strangly enough wow actually runs better on linux on my laptop then it does with windows...

[svinballekrok]

everybody got that berylthingie nowadays, nothing new, nothing flashy. and wow seemed to be lagging a bit.

[Danellos]

Dude, I'm seriously having problems with my ATI driver. WoW works fine using Direct 3d, but its slow. But the OpenGL is so unstable, but at least faster. I have tried the stuff the other websites told me.

Please help.

I'm using an ati raedon x300 under Linux Ubuntu 8.04

[deluxedookie]

X300 is slow.

[gstarttrustguest]

wasnt that easy for me ...i installed wine and wow its all set up but for some reason its not in a playable state...cant see much only bar clock/map and my name i know my comp can handle it ...i had it on windows

[0wman]

gay

[Tu23ZS1V]

Dude how do i install wow on ubuntu? plz tell me

[GelenorWoW]

You need a program called Wine.

Just go to Applications > Add/Remove

And search for Wine