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Actually, the same company that develops Proton for Valve, Codeweavers, makes a similar product called Crossover that uses the same underlying compatibility layer (WINE)—except that it allows you to install whatever games and other Windows apps you want.
Actual compatibility varies widely depending on what you try to run, and only some apps are officially supported, but it’s still pretty cool. And they have a database of what works ad what doesn’t, including user feedback. It even works on Apple Silicon via Rosetta 2.
- Treat yourself to a cheap PC. Anything that runs Windows will run VNs. A dedicated machine can be really nice, you can even choose a suitable form factor.
- Try WINE, and especially Crossover [assuming it's not an M1 Mac].
- Run Windows in a VM using VirtualBox, which is free, or Parallels, which is the gold standard [assuming it's not an M1 Mac].
You will be missing out on a lot of games. Sort of like how running a Playstation or XBox misses out on games for the other platform .. and then also some of the games for PC.
If your priority is to have access to as many games as possible, Windows is still the OS to use .. as well as having the popular consoles.
It sounds like you are asking how to have the most user-friendly experience with Linux while still having access to as many games as possible.
For that I'd recommend Ubuntu. My reasoning is that it is the only distro that is officially supported by Steam.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=1504-QHXN-8366
I would also recommend giving Crossover a look.
Crossover is probably the most user-friendly way to run Windows games on Linux. If you're opposed to paying for Crossover then you can try PlayOnLinux. Crossover takes a lot of the work out of getting games working in wine.
You should choose nVidia for your video card if you want the best end-user experience with linux. AMD is still awesome, but nVidia provides a smoother experience.
Euphoria definitely works in WINE (on Linux) without issues, has for quite a while.
If your MacOS version is new enough to have dropped 32-bit support or you're using one of those new Apple ARM CPUs, regular WINE won't work, but CrossOver should (there's a free trial).
You can try a trial of crossover https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
might work, might not. if windows is what he needs for it then he should use windows.
With Asahi Linux you will be able to boot into Linux or there is CrossOver made by the same guys who is helping Valve to develop Proton. And if enough people buy new Macs there might be some games ported to macOS.
Or both will fail and gaming on Mac will be mostly dead
If you can wait, Parallels and VMware have both made commitments to support Windows VMs in the future.
No guarantees, but it would be interesting to see if CrossOver works in this example: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Guys at CodeWeavers (Crossover) are sponsors of Wine. By Buying CrossOver, you are actually supporting Wine. They actually employ several Wine Devs. More
The only games you can run easily on an M1 Mac are those available for macOS on the Mac App Store.
On Macs you can also play games from Steam that are available on macOS. However, this applies to Intel Macs. I haven’t kept up with the situation for ARM Macs.
https://store.steampowered.com/about/
Another way you can get games running is with a Windows WM (Parallels) although you will take a significant performance hit.
Finally there’s Crossover. This will allow you to play some games, but be aware that not everything will run properly.
Might I recommend CrossOver. It allows you to play Windows games on your Mac with little fuss. It does cost $50/year, but if you're stuck with a Mac 10 hours a day like I am, and want to play some games on your down time, this is one of the best ways to do it.
Yes that'll work. You also might want to check out CrossOver from Codeweavers. The M1's x86 translation isn't perfect but you might be surprised at how much stuff works. It's commercial software but by buying you're supporting Wine development (which Proton also uses) and there's a free trial.
You might also want to try a product called Crossover, which is a commercialized, much more polished version of Wine. Crossover is not as broadly compatible as Parallels, but when a game works in Crossover it generally will work without any noticeable performance impact. Crossover has a free trial.
Like Parallels, Crossover is expensive, but it has the advantage of not requiring a copy of Windows, which means (a) no need to buy Windows, keep it updated, etc. and (b) it takes up less disk space.
You might also be interested to see this YouTube channel in which Andrew Tsai tests many, many games under Parallels and Crossover, and he records and comments on their performance.
If you have the money for it, I'd recommend using Crossover. It's basically Wine with commercial support. You pay money and in return, CodeWeavers does all the fiddling for you instead of you having to fiddle with stuff yourself.
Doesn't make sense even with the posting of a 1 hour YouTube video that explains nothing. OpenEmu is a collection of Game Console Emulator. RimWorld runs on Windows which requires the Win32 API. To run this on your mac you have multiple options but the easiest for me is Crossover for Mac (or WINE): https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover#mac
That's outside of the scope of what Rosetta is supposed to do entirely. It's not a matter of Rosetta needing to get better.
Besides you can already use Crossover for that.
I was not able to get it running with wine. But I got it running using Codeweavers Crossover (which uses wine plus whatever they tweak to go with it ). I think the Mac version uses crossover too. Not a sales pitch, but here's a link... https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/
I am also looking for ways to play on Mac. I found this software called Crossover https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover but I don't want to purchase it just yet because I'm not sure if it will work.
This is definitely the wrong subreddit; there are many out there that would have been more fitting (/r/techsupport, /r/mac, /r/windows, etc.)
To answer your question, you can't install Windows on the bare metal of an M1 Mac. At all. I don't think you can even run it in a virtual machine at the moment.
You could try CodeWeaver's CrossOver. It costs money.
The best solution is to just use a macOS version of whatever you're trying to run (which will, in the worst case scenario, be supported by Rosetta 2), or buy a Windows machine.
Only compatibility in existence is: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover compatible with M1 in macos 11.0+
I have not tested it personally. Maybe try the free trial or find the full software to find out if it plays the games on steam!
If you have difficulty with Wine, you could try Crossover. It is basically preconfigured Wine. I've never used it but it may help with things like Office. There seems to be a free trial.
https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Also dual booting seems to be very easy now.
I should mention that I have Office 2010 working in Wine and seems to be fairly usable still today.
https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/changelog#20.0.0
DXVK support was added in 20.0.0, this supports 64Bit only
CrossOver-20.0.0 contains a custom version of DXVK and patched MoltenVK to enable this to function on macOS
As far as making a texture itself there is nothing hold you back, but acquiring some useful software, but VTF conversion will be an issue - its only working on Windows apparently. With that said back in the day I used this software to run stuff I needed from Windows (including Counter Strike I think) on mac, so could be of use to you just for the sake of running VTFedit and a couple others Windows exclusive tools.
For those on Mac I’d highly suggest looking into buying/trying the free trial of the program Crossover - basically a UI for wineskin and let’s you install Windows programs without having to bootcamp. Basically install crossover, install steam via crossover and then launch steam and install Repentance within the Steam Crossover. Runs seamlessly!
You can run it with Crossover, they have a fairly active community forum for support for lotro by the looks of it.
So, iirc vmware does not officially support windows for ARM, but it should still run ( I haven't tried it ). I'm using the parallels trial for my gaming right now and since I mainly play singleplayer games without anti cheat it worked amazingly with the few games I tried so far ( except GTA V which randomly crashes but still playable otherwise ).
If you're stuck between those two I'd definetly pick parallels keeping in mind you might still have to pay more than once for it since if you don't pay for the subscription you won't recieve major updates that could add features/improve performance/make it work with newer macOS versions.
Also consider Crossover which is not amazing in the compatibility department but if a game works with crossover it will have noticeably better performance than parallels or vmware, there is no subscription for it and it is cheaper than both.
The games I have are not old enough to only have DirectX 12 but those games are probably too heavy for most laptops including the M1.
Finally, yes the mac does support HDMI out but you will have to buy an adapter/hub for it along with xbox controller support. And parallels should have bluetooth passthrough so you can run your controller through your vm too. Crossover does support controllers though you may have to change some settings in your game for it to work.
Crossover, while not an emulator, and while it won't work with every game, allows you to play many Windows games at excellent performance, you can try the free demo here : https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
You have a few options since I think they’re focusing on getting this DLC out more than a Mac port.
1) Try WINE, which is similar to how Rosetta 2 works for translating the older Intel software to Mac M1 programs. There’s a few options, so I’d try looking at /r/winegaming if you want to learn more. It’s pretty involved and may work. /r/linuxgaming may also also help you, since Mac and Linux both use Unix.
1) Use CrossOver, which is a commercial supported version of WINE (a real-time translator software for Windows to PC), and is a hell of a lot easier to use than WINE usually is. You can get it here for $60. It's expensive, but probably works according to CrossOver’s maker’s own tests on it. Link
2) You can try getting it running through a virtual machine. My girlfriend plays RoR2 on Parallels, and it runs… okay. Playable and enjoyable, definitely not able to loop on rainstorm and can't go past 30 mins on monsoon.
Crossover is a software through which you can run windows application. They have a free trial version during which you can check if your games work om crossover or not.
Here is the link: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/
If you want to game smoothly, check out the apple gaming wiki and the videos by andrew tsai on youtube.
CodeWeavers is working together with Valve on some projects and on Proton itself, which wraps up all of these technologies—vkd3d, for Direct3D 12, dxvk for Direct3D 9/10/11, wine-mono for .NET, and a bunch of other technologies.
You can see the technologies that go into CrossOver here, for instance.
If you were laboring under any doubt, here's a job offer at CodeWeavers that confirms they're working with Valve:
> [About the position]
>CodeWeavers recently partnered with Valve Software to integrate Wine into the Steam for Linux client as a part of the Steam Play (Proton) initiative. This allows Linux gamers to play Windows games on Linux more easily. We need new, full-time developers to improve Wine's ability to run games.
wine is a Windows emulator, originally from Linux. when i worked with osx many years ago, it ran foobar well. winehq the og, winebottler for a different version, or crossover for a paid one
Look into this product and see what the compatibility is like for the products that you use.
https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/
This is not a for sure "this will work" situation but maybe it could be do-able. One person also mentioned virtualbox.... this will work for you and will require a somewhat more powerful system to run a Windows OS in a virtual environment. You can still use Ubuntu as your daily driver, and any windows apps simply run in that virtual environment. My wife did this to run MS Office apps at the time. It worked well but being on a laptop, it sucked the power very quick and it's heavy on the ram.
Have you considered something like https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover? It is based on open source Wine to run windows applications on Linux based systems but with professional support. Alternative to streaming. If not agree Apache guacamole is worth looking at.
CrossOver Linux (US$60) runs Office 365 flawlessly in my testing, but you can't connect online services like OneDrive to it. You can, however, sync OneDrive folders to Linux using other software, and then open the file normally in Word. CrossOver Linux is not free software (neither gratis nor libre), but they do offer a 14-day no-bullshit free trial. I tried it, it only asks for your email and name to get the free trial. The only difference between the trial and the full version is that it nags you to buy it every time you launch a program for the duration of the trial.
CrossOver is the corporate sponsor of the WINE project. A small portion of sales goes to support WINE development.
If you need collaborative editing with other people, you can do that in a browser at portal.office.com. A Microsoft account is required, but it's free of charge.
Consider Crossover or Wine for running your games on the Mac. That doesn't require installing the Windows OS, but will run certain popular games and other Windows programs.
So, there's really no short answer to this.
There are not so many games released natively for Linux, so that's one. There are issues with hardware or drivers if you're considering playing stuff more demanding.
Others have mentioned Steam doing great work with releasing more games, and I'd like to add three alternatives:
emulation, like Wine, can allow you to run Windows programs natively on Linux. There are alternatives. Not awful lot of games work with it.
dual boot: you run your primary OS (Linux) on the daily basis, and then you boot to Windows when you plan to play. Downsides: Windows will keep babbling about you whenever you boot it (unless you have some restrictive local firewall). Upsides: all games "just work"
Windows as a virtual machine: you're running your "normal" Windows machine on top of the host OS (Linux) - the thing is, you're running it in the very specific mode (passthrough) giving windows direct access to most of the crucial hardware, mainly CPU cores and video card, and that allows it to run with very little overhead (=fast). Downsides: require very careful setup, relatively modern hardware and lots of skill. Upsides: works great when you make it work, and if you let the network traffic through your host OS (or specialised firewall VM like ipcop), not much will leak. r/VFIO has lots on the subject.
Im having issues with the 32-bit windows versions. It only happens to the least supported versions of Gmod. If you want to play Garrys Mod then use this Emulator. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/download
If that doesnt work you are better off getting a Chromebook and installing Linux beta.
Crossover works like a charm: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Follow the steps in message #17 in this thread: https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?684532-Success-with-Crossover-20-and-MacOS-Big-Sur-11-0-1
I got it up and running in about 15 minutes of actual work (plus downloading the client…). In my case the UserPreferences.ini was missing the [Display] settings so I just copied it from the thread mentioned above.
Running Windows apps on Mac is always going to require a bit of tinkering. My best advice is that if you have an Intel mac (Check About this Mac for this) is to install Windows via Bootcamp and install the game there. Second best option is to virtualize Windows with Parallels or VMWare Fusion, with Fusion being my pick due to it being free. Third best option is to try installing the game using Crossover (https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover). There's a 14-day trial.
If you have an M1 Mac, your only options are Virtualization of the ARM version of Windows via Parallels or using Crossover and compatibility is still spotty for some games
Crossover works like a charm: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Follow the steps in message #17 in this thread: https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?684532-Success-with-Crossover-20-and-MacOS-Big-Sur-11-0-1
I got it up and running in about 15 minutes of actual work (plus downloading the client…). In my case the UserPreferences.ini was missing the [Display] settings so I just copied it from the thread mentioned above.
Meant to mention that in my experience the Crossover solution seems way lighter on system resources than Wine. Been a while since I’ve done Linux/wine approach, but compared to wine on Mac, it almost feels native to the platform (despite their disclaimer that it has limited functionality). Curious if Linux folks have the same success. Here’s the link in case anyone’s interested. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Depends what you have in mind.
If there’s a mac build, and you recognize that it’s not going to be 4K 240hz, you can probably get to playable settings. If there isn’t, there’s software called crossover that’s based on wine and can get more software running.
If there are specific games you’re looking at; you can check https://applesilicongames.com for more information on whether you can get it running and what to expect.
Overall, it’s not a Windows machine and for gaming that’s a limitation. No way around that. Windows is the main target for PC games. But it’s better than I expected.
Proton contains a specific version of wine but proton as a whole is more intended for gaming.
SteamOS can run any Linux app and can also use wine to run Windows applications in desktop mode. The compatibility with application may vary... Codeweaver also has a paid product that also target applications. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover#compatibility
So it is possible to run Windows applications but is not always the latest release (you can run old photoshop but not the latest version for example)
I ran with Wine, and crossover, playonlinux is pretty much a free version of crossover. Both use Wine underneath.
I played FFXI for years in Ubuntu and with gamepad working w/o issues with one of the above depending on the year.
- For Outlook: I have a GSuite (Google Workspace now? Whatever) account for personal, and Office 365/Exchange for work. I use Bluemail. Calendar and Contacts appear to work fine. The application itself is fine but not without its faults. It actually supports EAS and EWS, unlike Thunderbird, Geary, and Evolution. I was also able to get Outlook proper working via Crossover - I know I know, it's just paid Wine. It was usable but not the greatest experience. Perhaps with some tweaking it could be better, but I ultimately did not end up purchasing a license.
- I don't have any experience with this, sorry.
- Remmina should work. What type of file do they give you for the certificate? If I'm understanding you correctly, your work (or whatever) has their own CA and issues certificates. If that is the case you should be given a .pem file or a .crt file. You would take that file and put it into
/usr/local/share/ca-certificatesand then runsudo update-ca-certificates(If it's a .pem file you'd need to change the extension to .crt) I don't know if Remmina uses the built-in certificate store, if it does, this would work. If I'm misunderstanding what you're trying to do, let me know and I can try to help.
Not sure of performance pros or cons but crossover is a significantly cheaper option compared to the parallels pro subscription and even the standard one time payment option.
Well office .exe installer wouldn’t be “random” if you grabbed it from Microsoft itself.
Ok, so basically we’re talking about extent to which Crossover supports Win32 apps. So what limitations have you found so far?
BTW is this Crossover is what you’re talking about? It seems like paid 3rd party software, not something built-in to ChromeOS.
You can also try CrossOver. I'm on a MacAir with Silicon and Dorfromantik works pretty good. But you need to install the gog version of the game as I dont know, if steam is supported in crossover.
Arm or old Intel one? If an Intel one, just run them through WINE or even better: Bootcamp. If you have an M1 Mac, you might want to check Crossovers.
Also, if you have a computer, there's no such thing as "not possible". Only "not convenient" at most.
I played Umineko on my Mac, but I wasn't able to get it to run natively. I had to run it through a program called CrossOver which worked wonderfully. Not all Windows programs work in it, but Unineko did!
Here's the link to buy CrossOver: https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
Well it’s open source so you have to learn it the open sources community way: read the damn manual yourself.
Alternatively, you can also choose to pay for a commercial version and get better tech support:
Things to do for Mac owners who want to be a gamer, from highest to lowest in priority:
- Get a real PC
- Play Mac version (if available)
- Steam Link.
- Nvidia Now
- Google Stadia
- CrossOver (https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover)
- VM
You can also look into Crossover, which is a polished version of the WINE system that allows you to run many Windows apps natively. It's not a VM but effectively reverse engineered Windows API calls to their UNIX/Linux/macOS equivalents. Many GOG and Steam games use the underlying tech.
Well, for editing videos - Final Cut Pro is very beginner friendly, quite powerful (Motion supplements it with object tracking, animations, etc) and very fast. Other software like from Adobe or Davinci Resolve is available on Windows.
Editing photos - it's fast, but nothing is mac specific.
Gaming - GPU sucks. I run macOS version of Europa Universalis IV, play smaller indie games under emulation just fine - https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover - but don't expect multiplayer games with serious anti cheat and graphically demanding games to run.
Macbook Air M1 is pretty cheap - it's a free country - you can buy it. A lot of things will be annoying, as it's somewhat different, different philosophy for some things. You might like it more than Windows. Personally I like it way more than Windows. I also have an old gaming PC (think i7 6xxx whatever CPU and nVidia 1080, but it's collecting dust now, as M1 macs are just so pleasant to use and Windows 10 is just feh).
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My wife recently was "forcefully" migrated to Macbook - I bought MBP M1 and gave away my older MBP 2017 with loaded specs. She was Windows user the entire time and is not very tech savvy.
For the first month - complaints, many questions asked, more complaints (even complained how weird and useless touchpad is, when no windows laptop can come even close), and wanted to sell that MBP in order to get Windows laptop, to which I disagreed and explained we won't get a laptop as good as this used one for her.
After the initial month - she "fucking loves it" (her words) and now complains about how she is forced to use Dell laptop at work and how much it sucks.
If you're looking at very specific apps have you considered Crossover? It runs many Windows apps using WINE. The apps aren't native like with Bootcamp or a VM machine but you don't need to own a Windows license either and it's just another app on the Mac.
Most Steam games use related code to run on Macs.
Someone suggested trying CrossOver in another thread. There is a free trial version if OP wants to try it. Are Isaac steam saves in the cloud or are they local?
I heard that Crossover (a commercial version of Wine) can run 32-bit Windows applications on Catalina and beyond. I haven’t tried it myself so I can’t say if it’s true or not.
Depending on if you’re willing to spend some money so you don’t have to go the bootcamp way, it might be worth trying their trial!
This worked for me - I used the free trial of CrossOver (https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover/download-now) instead of Wine as I have Catalina with my new mac.
May I just add - the jungle music with the keygen software was an absolute treat.
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Quick Tutorial how I did it:
I. Download Crossover which runs Windows Apps (not just simulating, it feels like it's running natively haha)
II. In Crossover, Install Steam + Login
III. Install & run Among us from the Crossover Steam, just like a native Mac App 💁🏻♂️
btw. works with RocketLeague (& Xbox Controller) too
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It has a 14 day free Trail, you could hope BlueStacks to release a Big Sur version within that timeframe or you pay the 40 $ and are able tun run .exes on your Mac (which is pretty cool I think)
Some of it is in the change log.
Some is in the blog.
Some I saw in emails they sent to beta testers (specific mention of DXVK).
The problem your going to have is your new to Linux and wine is complicated to use. There is Crossover, that might help you do this. https://www.codeweavers.com/ Crossover isn't free.
Just install Linux, make sure it's stable and all drivers are install properly. Then move on to try out wine. PlayOnLinux is a frontend software for wine. So give PlayOnLinux a shot.
Here is some stuff you have to do, to make things work for you. https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=32045
The problem is, I'm not sure you going to understand it much. But, good luck anyway.