Mandriva Linux 2007釋出，附帶Cedega引擎(轉)

Mandriva Linux 2007釋出，附帶Cedega引擎(轉)[@more@]作者：R0meal編譯　來自：chinaunix
日前，Mandriva Linux公司宣佈，他們即將釋出最新的Mandriva Linux2007版本，在該版本中他們將附帶Transgaming公司的的Cedega引擎，從而保證可以在Linux上玩上大多數的Windows遊戲。

　　大家對Transgaming公司也許還不是很熟悉，但是他們已經在WINE的後續基礎上做了許多有益的工作，他們的目的就是為了能夠使得Linux桌面使用者可以更好的玩上Linux遊戲。

　　經過幾年的努力，Transgaming公司已經在技術上有所突破，基本上的Windows遊戲都可以在Linux上玩了，理論上來說，只要客戶有需要，都可用做到，而且非常好。目前Transgaming對以下游戲提供支援：戰地2、摩獸世界、文明4、半條命2等。

　　The popular distribution formerly known as Mandrake, and with no Purple Rain to be seen, will include in its next 2007 release Transgaming’s Cedega engine to play mainstream Windows gaming titles out of the box.

　　For those not familiar with Transgaming the company has worked for years on a WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) derivative to empower Linux users to run Windows games natively on the Linux desktop.

　　While over the years the success of Transgaming’s technologies have at times been a hit and miss affair — largely dependent on the games you try to play — popular mainstream titles have usually been supported quite well, literally because that’s where the most work is focused for demand.

　　Currently Transgaming boasts support for titles including Battlefield 2, World of Warcraft, Civilization IV, Guild Wars and the essential Half-Life 2, among other top rated Windows games.

　　Mandriva hopes the inclusion of Cedega in the install package will help push Linux as a desktop to the very market that usually wouldn’t give it a second look — the gamers. Or, perhaps more accurately, the mainstream gamers as Linux has had its fair share of Linux based games over the years, but nothing that would come close to mainstream Windows titles.

　　To tempt users of the possibilities a copy of FlatOut, a racing and smash-em-up game, will also be bundled for use with the included Cedega engine.

　　Also present in the next version of Mandriva Linux will be the latest Gnome 2.16, KDE 3.5.4, and the OpenGL accelerated 3D desktop XGL, marking yet another distribution making the move to include the Linux answer to Vista’s swank eye-candy and snazzy effects.

　　The ‘gaming-enabled’ edition of Mandriva 2007 bundling Cedega is scheduled to launch on October 2nd.