starcraft

[Chris Aitken]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> Chris Aitken wrote:
>> I want to put linux on my son's computer. The bottom line is that he 
>> be able to play Starcraft. I know the things out there for Windows 
>> programs include winex (incl. cedega transgaming), CodeWeavers, 
>> Win4Lin and VMWare. I don't mind paying for all this to work. 
>> Although I was proud to be able to get my emu 1212 m pci soundcard 
>> working under linux I think this would be a harder task (maybe beyond 
>> me). Some of these things (winex et al.) I believe are kind of in bed 
>> with a couple of OSs (linspire? SuSE?).
>>
>> I have read some unfavourable comments about linspire/cedega that you 
>> have to pay, pay, pay, for a questionable product (not to mention 
>> it's not GPL correct). Another sticking point for my son is whether 
>> or not he'll be able to play Startcraft  /online./ He says there are 
>> extra software bits to download for that - he's assuming these have 
>> not been ported to linux. Cedega guarantees Starcraft but they don't 
>> mention playing online. I've been able to do most things I've set out 
>> to do on linux (in large part by the grace of this mailing list) but 
>> what are my chances of success with this project?
>>
>> Chris
>
> I got World Of Warcraft (big MMORPG) today under Ubuntu following this 
> HowTo: 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=312482&highlight=low+memory
>
> Replace the WoW executables with Starcraft and you should be good to 
> go. I did have to tweak my Xorg.conf file because of an "issue" with 
> this particular card, but otherwise it's fine, and it is online play.
Hmm - sounds hopeful. Thanks.

Chris

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