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GW for Linux: Bring in the Penguins!

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pintpointfive
Academy Page
• #1
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Mashu
Academy Page
• #2
Is there a petition for Guild Wars on x64?
Fantus
Fantus
Wilds Pathfinder
• #3
/signed

GW could be made to run under Linux using Cedega (a kind of DirectX emulation software for those not familiar with it) but the Sorrow's Furnace update broke it. So the SF update made me boot Windows for the first time since 3 months...

A REAL Linux client would be cool and GW's huge success would probably justify a port, too.
purebad
purebad
Frost Gate Guardian
• #4
games are the only reason I have to use windows....it makes me cry. I wish Cedega was free...I refuse to pay for software to run on a free operating system....although I suppose Im paying for the service more than the software....but anyways it leave a bad taste in my mouth reguardless.
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Falcon213
Academy Page
• #5
If they made it run for linux, then they wouldn't have to change much for full mac osx support. Considering a good amount of anet used to work for blizzard, the fact that there isn't a port has had me confused.
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Renegade ++RIP++
Krytan Explorer
• #6
stupid question but is there a mac port?

Seeing i always hear my mac friends complain about lack of good games.
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Falcon213
Academy Page
• #7
No. I have mac friends who would like to play but can't.
AxiomSoulthief
AxiomSoulthief
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #8
/signed....

Like I have said to many others, Windows only servers one purpose in my life and that is for GAMING. Other then that LINUX (gentoo) all the way!!
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Isis Mordecai
Academy Page
• #9
i would love a Linux port, but it all comes down to would it be more hassle than its worth for anet.

oh and about x64, linux people have 30 years to move to x64 else ur fecked.
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mpa
Ascalonian Squire
• #10
/signed

Cedega simply sucks for online gaming, you want minimum lag and maximum speed lest you annoy your teammates with your frequest lagging / dieing / idling. I think right now Guild Wars run at about half speed if you use Cedega, simply not good enough.

Do make a native linux port.
SaucE
SaucE
Wilds Pathfinder
• #11
I have to sign this. Its the best idea I have seen posted here to date.

/signed
Skuld
Skuld
Furnace Stoker
• #12
That would be great, I might actually load it up again
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Turbobusa
Forge Runner
• #13
/signed (bump btw)

same as post #4...
the only way to play gw on linux is to run windows on it...
Apoc
Apoc
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #14
Heck yes.

/signed
Francis Demeules
Francis Demeules
Desert Nomad
• #15
/signed


Meh.. more compatibility
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xaque
Ascalonian Squire
• #16
/signed

One less reason to have Windows on my hard drive is a good thing.
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Charqus
Krytan Explorer
• #17
/signed

I had Linux and the games that come with it are mint lol?
HAve you tried the penguins adventure (rip of mario) game or whateva its called
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Arunomi
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #18
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Originally Posted by pintpointfive
I recently made the switch to Linux. I love it... A lot... However, Guild Wars runs like crap. I would love to see it for Linux. Would easily make my year.

Here is the link to the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/gwlinux/

If anyone knows of a Thread or Petition already in motion, post the link. I did a search of Riverside Inn and Sardelac Sanitarium and it turned up not much.
This is a realy good reson to make a working linux version..

It has 6522 Signatures
Rewy
Rewy
Pre-Searing Cadet
• #19
/signed

I'd personally like to quit my whole two-timed computing (as in playing GuildWars on the other and having other programs on the others). I have 4 computers at my place, 3 tabletops and one laptop. One of them has windows and it serves currently only one purpose. GuildWars. Otherwise, I don't even use it.
Woop Shotty
Woop Shotty
Wilds Pathfinder
• #20
Quote:
Originally Posted by Arunomi
This is a realy good reson to make a working linux version..

It has 6522 Signatures
2005 to 2008 in a single page. Look at how many admit to not having a GW account.