Quoting: dannielloCrossOver Linux is completely separate from wine prefixes, so you could use both.

Generally CrossOver is more stable. For example if they said that they support Microsoft Office 2013 - it should work very stable. In wine it is lottery - something that is working in version 2.17 - could be broken in 2.18, etc.

CrossOver is based on stable wine builds, so generally they are much older versions. Playing in The Witcher 3 or GTA5 - forget for now, but who knows... maybe in next stable version;)

Also users that bought CrossOver Linux could vote what app/game is important to them, so if you want play The Witcher 3 in wine (and in future versions of CrossOver) - you should vote for it:)

CrossOver has its own GUI where you could select supported app/game (for example MS Office 2013) and wizard will show you what to do (select .exe installer or something). Manual installation of "unknown" (not officially supported) software also is possible.
CrossOver also is using its own prefixes (bottles), so apps/games could be separated.

I see, thanks for the explanation. Will take it into consideration then :)

On a different topic, out of the box with this version of Wine I don't get any stuttering so far on The Witcher 3 and don't see any other major issues.

I was also able to install Origin and the first Mass Effect. Origin, however, thinks there is always an update to perform in new downloaded games. In order to play Origin must be forced closed and re-opened.

Mass Effect works out of the box as well but with no sound. I then went to winetricks and installed ogg, directmusic and directsound. Probably not all of them needed but these seemed to solve the issue.

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Quoting: danniello

Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe one thing Wine truly needs is a good UI.

Perhaps you should try CodeWeavers CrossOver Linux. CodeWeavers it is company that is mainly responsible for wine development.

It is sad that company that develop wine is existing only because of... CrossOver Mac buyers.
I'm in minority that bought CrossOver Linux to support developers.

How does crossover actually works? I mean, is it a GUI for wine? Do I need to install wine separately? what version of wine does it use? Can Wine and crossover be installed at the same time?

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Amazing news! Thanks, emulation scene. You always gives us good reason to stay and enjoy gaming in our platform.

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Almost any will do :)

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It looks different, interesting and the art has piqued my eye over the lots of random ones that seem to appear in front side of webpages. This is one I will definitely play :)

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With this version the dark ground is fixed in my box but I find more overall stuttering. In any case, amazing work, as always, from the people at Wine :)

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As @razing32 said, reminds of the old Castlevania games and that has piqued my interest... might give them a go :)

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Tomb Raider would be an instabuy for me as well, fingers crossed! :)

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New features are always welcome. And remember people, one block a day keeps the trolls away :D

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I backed it on fig so looking forward to it. Usually I don't follow the diaries so I can get surprised when playing but the little I see or read seems to have me interested and with an awe of hypeness. Hopefully the game does the same once it's released.

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