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One of the most common questions in the Linux community comes from a majority of <trademark>Windows</trademark> users who all want to know the same thing. Can Linux play <trademark>Windows</trademark> game titles? Yes and No. There are some titles which can run natively in Linux just fine. This means you will not have to utilize a third-party application or emulator in order to play the game. However, most of the top titles at this time cannot be run natively but can be run with the support of an emulator. An emulator allows an application to run on a platform or operating system in which it wasn't intended for. There are two popular emulators in use today in the Linux community: <placeholder-1/>

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Wine

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<application>Wine</application> is an open source implementation of the <trademark>Windows</trademark> API that runs on top of the X windows system. Like GNU, <acronym>Wine</acronym> is a recursive acronym which stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. <application>Wine</application> works with some of the games for <trademark>Windows</trademark>, but not all of them. To find out which games you can run with <application>Wine</application>, refer to their website at <ulink url="http://www.winehq.com/"/>. The application database stores all of the <trademark>Windows</trademark> titles that you can run with <application>Wine</application> and can be searched by going to <ulink url="http://appdb.winehq.org/"/>.

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<application>Wine</application> can be easily installed with the <application>Adept Package Manager</application>. <application>Wine</application> is located in the <emphasis>Universe</emphasis> repositories. Refer to the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adept Package Manager</ulink> section for installation instructions.

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Once installed, start <application>Wine</application> by going to <menuchoice><guimenu>KMenu</guimenu><guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Wine</guisubmenu></menuchoice>

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Cedega

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<application>Cedega</application>, developed by Transgaming Technologies, is another application designed specifically for gaming. Titles such as Battlefield 2, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Word of Warcraft, Civilization IV, Madden 2006, and many more can now be played in Linux. The one pitfall for <application>Cedega</application> is that is costs money to use. For a fee of $5 USD (with a discount if a 12 month subscription is purchased in advance) subscribers are provided access to updates, releases and patches, discussion forums, and can influence development through voting. More information on Cedega and its subscription policies can be reviewed by going to <ulink url="http://www.transgaming.com/"/>. <application>Cedega</application>, like <application>Wine</application>, also has a searchable database for all of the games it supports. You can search the database by going to <ulink url="http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/"/>.

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Installation information can be located at the <application>Cedega</application> website as well.

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<trademark>Windows</trademark> Games

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<application>KPatience</application>, or kpat when installing, has a collection of 14 games. Of these 14 games, there is <emphasis>Solitaire</emphasis>, <emphasis>Freecell</emphasis>, and <emphasis>Spider Solitaire</emphasis> just to name a few.