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Warcraft on Ubuntu: Take 2.

I DID IT. I got Warcraft to run in Linux. It looks just like it does on Windows. Unfortunately for me, I have an Intel 915 graphics card on this laptop and though it is well supported under Linux, somehow DirectX is not as capable under Linux. So while the game is PLAYABLE, its not the greatest gaming experience. On Windows I get 15-30 FPS with an average of 21. On Linux its more like 5-25 with an average of about 14. So I’ll probably keep this for a bit, but at some point I will probably have to dual boot. Fucking Windows.

Since I dived head first into WINE, I’ve become pretty adept at setting up apps. I’ve had a few resounding successes, namely MP3Tag and dBpoweramp (THE BEST audio converter) and a few total failures, Indigo Prophecy, iTunes and Ableton Live. Luckily, those are pretty much all the Windows apps I give a shit about. As WINE gets better these things should improve.