Wasting Time With Mike And Ari recently wrote an interesting comparison between Linux and Windows Vistafor playing older Windows games. Whilst the study was more than a little biased and perhaps not technically sound, a more complete attempt is likely to follow in future.

Personally, as a Linux gamer I don’t really care what does and doesn’t work under Vista. However, I’m still a firm believer that in the long run, more Linux users and Linux gamers can only benefit the scene in general, and “It runs more games than Vista” seems a pretty good counter argument to the usual “I won’t run Linux because I can’t play my games”. It’s common for us to look at the games Wine and Cedega CAN’T play, this is a nice reminder that actually, compatibility is going pretty well.

If you liked our introduction to Wine and Cedega you may be interested in PlayOnLinux. It’s basically a project to get your games which will run through Wine installed as quickly and easy as possible.

What is PlayOnLinux’s aim?
After using Wine we realised that it sometimes needs complex commands. PlayOnLinux helps you to soften the process, making your life even easier in the Linux world. More, some people who care about the games they own won’t come to Linux simply because they want to be able to play them again. Our script will help them to move on Linux.

So if you’re worried about being able to get your Windows games working under Linux, or you don’t want to mess around with Wine, check it out.