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can i play wizard on my linux pc?

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Survivor
Nov 16, 2012
1
i know there are other games that don't mention linux in the requirements, however, they can be played on a linux pc, since it's usually recognized as windows by the games. i do know linux was supposed to be a gaming OS, but would wizard work on it?

Adherent
Jul 03, 2010
2634
Her Wolfie on Sep 4, 2013 wrote:
i know there are other games that don't mention linux in the requirements, however, they can be played on a linux pc, since it's usually recognized as windows by the games. i do know linux was supposed to be a gaming OS, but would wizard work on it?
KI did finally make it compatible with Mac OS but not Linux. It's been a while since I worked with that OS but I think there is a "cross over" program where you can run Windows programs with in it, back when I gave it a try it was a bit buggy.

Other wise there is the dual boot option, keep the original OS around on a smaller partition, so you can choose which to use at boot up. Not ideal but a work around.

Armiger
Jan 11, 2012
2497
Northlite on Sep 5, 2013 wrote:
KI did finally make it compatible with Mac OS but not Linux. It's been a while since I worked with that OS but I think there is a "cross over" program where you can run Windows programs with in it, back when I gave it a try it was a bit buggy.

Other wise there is the dual boot option, keep the original OS around on a smaller partition, so you can choose which to use at boot up. Not ideal but a work around.
I know there's a few, and the one Im about to mention might be out of date (I dont use Linux), but I've heard Wine works well for using Win programs in *nix

Adherent
Jul 03, 2010
2634
dayerider on Sep 5, 2013 wrote:
I know there's a few, and the one Im about to mention might be out of date (I dont use Linux), but I've heard Wine works well for using Win programs in *nix
Ahh yes, Wine, the paid one is Cross Over.

http://www.linux.org/threads/installing-and-configuring-windows-emulator-wine.4368/

We tried Linux recently on a computer for gaming and it bombed so we had to forgo the project.