Linux version?

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Hello,

You wil think, jeezs.., what a nurd but;p,
is there a linux-client and server of this game?

Grtz
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I think someone has made a win emulator for linux. GalCiv should work fine on it. We're not talking bleeding edge DX9 graphics here :-)

Sith
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
The emulator in question would be WINE. (www.winehq.org)

Transgaming is a company that's been trying to make Wine work better with modern games and copy protection. Their website is at:
http://www.transgaming.com/

I think GalCiv looks pretty damn impressive from what I've seen so far (particularly hard on the heels of lackluster MoO3 reviews) and am hoping that it will play well under emulation.
Offworld Trading Company
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I have been able to get one of the earlier beta versions working on Mandrake Linux 9 with WineX by Transgaming. I haven't tested it completely, but I think there is a good chance to get it working.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Technically, WINE is more than just an emulator. In fact, I've heard tell that WINE stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulater". WINE is better than an emulater because it is much more efficient. A Windows emulator is like having a virtual windows machine inside of a linux machine, which costs a lot of CPU overhead, and probabably contains Windows code and thus requires a Windows licence to be legal. Instead of emulating Windows, a Linux machine running WINE implements Windows API calls by using its Linux equivalents and thus is 100% free of Micosoft code or restrictions. IBM's OS/2 operating system had a windows 3.1 emulater. It was much slower than running windows 3.1 on a comperable machine, plus IBM had to pay Microsoft a licence fee. Okay, shutting up now. :)