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Playing TransGaming and Cedega Games
TransGaming Technologies brings to Linux some of the most popular games that currently run on
the Windows platforms. Working with WINE developers, TransGaming is developing Cedega, which
enables you to run many different games on Linux that were originally developed for Windows.
Although TransGaming is producing a few games that are packaged separately and tuned for Linux,
in most cases it sells you a subscription service to Cedega instead of the games. That subscription
service lets you stay up-to-date on the continuing development of Cedega so you can run more
and more Windows games.
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To get Windows games to run in Linux, Cedega particularly needs to develop Microsoft
DirectX features that are required by many of today??™s games. There are also issues related
to CD keys and hooks into the Windows operating system that must be overcome (such as requiring
Microsoft Active Desktop). A Cedega subscription has value, in part, because it lets you vote on which
games you??™d like to see TransGaming work on next.
A full list of games supported by TransGaming, as well as indications of how popular they are and
how well they work, is available from the TransGaming site (www.
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