I concur with running Starcraft 2 on wine. I am not much of a gamer, but was given a copy of SC2, and it runs quite well on wine. If I were to guess, I would say that wine would have less overhead than windows + a VM environment.
--b On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Scott Ferguson < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/10/11 03:47, Eric Galaxy wrote: > > Hi, I am running Debian x64. �I have a copy of WinXP pro x64. �I am > > wondering what the best solution would be to playing video games such as > > Starcraft 2 or Steam games (Windows games/game apps) on my system? �I > > don't mind learning a bit, and I'd like the games to run well on my > > system. �Advice is appreciated. :) > > > > -- > > Eric > > VirtualBox has 3D support - I don't believe the Open version does though. > > I'm not a gamer, but clients seem happy with WINE for Starcraft. > > Alternatively (preferably) just use WINE (skip Windoof all-together) - > you'll probably find Playonlinux easiest to configure:- > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20882 > http://www.playonlinux.com/en/commentaires-785.html > > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&sTitle=Browse%20Applications&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true > > Linux does have games you know.... some developers will even charge you > money for Linux games ;-p > > Cheers > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e8a6e45.8040...@gmail.com > >
