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=== Playing games for Linux in Linux ===
=== Playing games for Linux in Linux ===


These should just work! If you have problems, contact the author with your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution distro] (Ubuntu, Red Hat, ...),  version number, and any other relevant details.
These should just work! If you have problems, contact the author with your {{Wikipedia|Linux_distribution|distro}} (Ubuntu, Red Hat, ...),  version number, and any other relevant details.


To find games, try out [http://feags.sourceforge.net/ Adventure Game Goddess]. This is an open source project that needs developer input.
To find games, try out [http://feags.sourceforge.net/ Adventure Game Goddess]. This is an open source project that needs developer input.
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=== Playing games for Windows in Linux ===
=== Playing games for Windows in Linux ===


There are several ways you can try to do this:
There are 3 ways you are able to run the windows version of a game.


==== Virtualization ====
1. Use ags for linux
If you have [https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/ ags for linux] installed, you can either create a launcher, or start the game from a terminal.
The syntax is the same:
ags /path_to_game/
From a terminal you can run ags --help to get more command line options.


Create a virtual Windows machine and run the game on that machine. Try [http://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] or [http://www.vmware.com/ VMware].


==== Emulation ====
2. Use wine
[http://www.winehq.org/ Wine] is an implementation of the windows API.
[http://www.playonlinux.com/ PlayOnLinux] is a game-oriented front-end for Wine.
Use your file manager to go to the directory and double click on the executable.


You can emulate a Windows environment in Linux. Try [http://www.winehq.org/ Wine], even though it is technically not an emulator.
 
3. In a virtual machine
If you have a virtual machine like [http://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] or [http://www.vmware.com/ VMware] with windows installed in it, you can start that an run the game from there.
 
 
The first option will give you the best performance. The second one will be slightly slower. The third option will be much slower.  


== Creating games in/for Linux ==
== Creating games in/for Linux ==
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