On 24 April 2010 16:14, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > >> > >> Is there an actual WoW client for Linux or you run in Wine like > >> environment? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Tommy > >> > > > > I run it under Wine. Wine has come a long way since my first > > encounters with it a few years back and run a surprising amount of > > Windows-based software. > > Doesn't WoW need DirectX and all that? I have some old Windows games > (Diablo, Alpha Centauri, Railroad Tycoon, Wolfenstein) I'd love to play > under Wine, but so far I've not managed to make them work. > > The best way to run old games is via DOSBox. http://www.dosbox.com/ If you have an Intel machine it should run pretty well (at least the latest version will; some repos still have the old 0.65 version which is significantly slower). Michiel
