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post #1 of 5
8/24/07 at 6:19pm
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ok, so i've been on windows a lot for the past few weeks mainly because of the games.

and because i hate rebooting my comp, i dont go into linux as much as i'd like to.

so my question is, should i install virtualbox in Windows and use linux or install linux and virtualbox and emulate windows?

keep in mind, if i go with the second option will my games play well?
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post #2 of 5
8/24/07 at 6:24pm
from what I've been told, games don't run as well virtually as they do natively, so I'd probably recommend installing it on Windows
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post #3 of 5
8/24/07 at 8:18pm
VirtualBox does not do any 3D emulation. If you want that go with VMWare.

Personally I use Linux for everything, so for me it would definitly beput windows as a dual boot and virtualize the windows partition in Linux, boot into windows when I need the most performance or DX9 support as I believe VMWare only does up through DX8 right now.

But to each their own.

Seablade
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post #4 of 5
8/24/07 at 10:25pm
What games are you trying to play? I've gotten almost all of the games I play to run with WINE.
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post #5 of 5
8/25/07 at 12:18am
You know I am really starting to wonder... between green, blue, and red, exactly how many people involved in this site are using linux now?

I think I am going to start a new thread in this section for a sound off of that, I am really curious...

On topic, WINE does amazingly well, and if you dont mind spending a bit of time tweaking you can get a lot working in it. In fact recently I have come to the conclusion, while Cedega handles Copy Protection more gracefully, Wine is much more capable in straight technological capabilities.

Seablade

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