Linux Gaming Today

How To: Display Web Content in Wine

Russell — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:49:42 +0000

Having trouble display web pages, web content, or accessing the internet in programs using Wine? Here is a quick tutorial on installing Gecko into Wine. Open up your terminal and type in the following code: wine iexplore http://winehq.org From there it should ask to install Gecko and just follow the instructions it provides. If this fails, there is [...]

Wine 1.1.5 Released

Russell — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:32:37 +0000

A nice little update from Wine from 1.1.4 to 1.1.5. A few new things in this release. Substantial JavaScript implementation. Partial support for layered windows. Support for Unicode file export in Regedit. Proper exception handling in widl-generated code. Asynchronous requests and cookies support in WinHTTP. The source is available and I do believe all of the packages are now up. Enjoy [...]

How to Install Emulators on Ubuntu (NES Edition)

Russell — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:12:30 +0000

Time to bring back the oldschool with the classic, Famicon. The Famicon or the Nintendo Entertainment System, as it was known in the states, was a console of epic proportions. It was the beginning of the never-ending journey of Final Fantasy and the addiction to saving everyones favorite princess, Zelda. And now you can [...]

Wine 1.1.0 Released

Russell — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:35:50 +0000

It has been good to hear that Wine had finally reached 1.0 but they do not stop the good news, version 1.1.0 has been released with a considerable amount of fixes; Many more gdiplus functions implemented. Improved graphics tablet support. Many Richedit fixes and improvements. Support for HWND_MESSAGE windows. A lot of new MSHTML functions. Many fixes in MSI registry handling. Initial [...]

Back In The Game

Russell — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:21:08 +0000

After a long while with no computer and no life. I got my time back, and my computer going. The site will now be updated on a semi-weekly basis. I will try to keep the updates down to a minimum of once a week for your linux pleasures. Sorry for the long downtime but LGT [...]

Wine 0.9.56 Released!

Russell — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:38:21 +0000

I say this everytime and it is so true, when a new version of Wine is released I get extremely excited. Here are the main changes this time: Proper handling of OpenGL/Direct3D windows with menu bars. Stubs for all the d3dx9_xx dlls. Several graphics optimizations. Many installer fixes. Improved MIME message support. Lots of bug fixes. Binary packages may not be built yet [...]

Primary Thousand Parsec Client Version 0.3.0 Released!

Russell — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:50:04 +0000

In the version 0.3.0 you will find a lot of new features, such as: Finding servers is now easy! With support for the metaserver protocol the client can get (and display) lists of both remote [...]

Glest 3.1

Russell — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:42:45 +0000

What is Glest?? Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game, available for several operating systems and that can be modified using XML and a set of tools. The core game allows the player to take control of two completely different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and [...]

Stendhal 0.67

Russell — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:09:27 +0000

What is stendhal? Are you looking for adventure? Want to fight for riches? Develop yourself and your social standing? Meet new people? Do you want to be part of a brave new world? Stendhal is a fully fledged multiplayer online adventures game (MMORPG) developed using the Arianne game development system. Stendhal features a new, rich and expanding world [...]

Quick Tips to Speed Up Your Gaming in Wine

Russell — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 15:51:50 +0000

Gaming using Wine can be a tad bit slow at times. In some cases, games become nearly impossible to play due to lag and poor FPS rates. This easy to follow tutorial will show you a few quick tricks that should (and in most cases, will) increase your gaming performance using Wine. [...]