[TriLUG] Toddler games under linux: native or wine

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

If you were going to play a game in linux like Reader Rabbit, I would
definitely go with Cedega over Wine. I haven't tested it ...but I think
I could borrow some games from my nephew ...and give it a whirl. 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Shaw
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:16 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Toddler games under linux: native or wine

Hi Paul,

I have had less luck on wine than using VMware but unfortunely that
makes startup longer and more difficult.  I did have better luck with
some games on Transgaming but still VMware was my option for most of my
kids'  Windoze games.

Some good native toddler-level games are childsplay and gcompris.

Now if you have kids that are a little older(4/5 and greater) supertux,
tuxracer, tuxkart, supertuxkart, frozen bubble and ri-li will occupy
them for hours!

I saw the post recommending online games and I have had mixed results.
I have not checked lately but nick.com especially seem to like
shockwave which  pushes things over to VMware, or the very least
Transgaming or Crossover for the plugin.

Let me know if you want a list of games I have tried with wine and and
can send you my list offlist.

Regards,

Mike
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