Cedega

Cedega (formerly known as WineX) is TransGaming Technologies' proprietary fork of Wine, which is designed specifically for running games written for Microsoft Windows under Linux. As such, its primary focus is implementing the DirectX API.

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The community has managed to keep Wine in touch with developments in Cedega; many of the games and 3D applications perform almost as well as when natively running under Microsoft Windows.

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WineX was renamed to Cedega on the release of version 4.0 on June 22, 2004.

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TransGaming Technologies: TransGaming Technologies is a company that sells a proprietary fork of Wine for running Windows games on Linux and other operating systems. Its flagship product Cedega is available on a subscription basis at $5 US/month for a minimum of 3 months....

Proprietary: Proprietary indicates that a party exercises private ownership, control or use over an item of property, usually to the exclusion of other parties....

Fork: A fork is an implement with a handle on one end and tines on the other; it is used for pricking, to hold or transfer objects, predominantly food in cooking and eating. Originally, it was used as an eating utensil predominating in the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks were more prevalent. Today...