[olug] Fwd: [Announcements] CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31

Jay Bendon jaybocc2 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 29 19:32:32 UTC 2012


Play on linux makes it all easy peasy, if you're afraid of getting involved
with the nitty gritty of wine, play on linux allows near single click
installation of many games.
--Jay


On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> I haven't used it, but from what I understand, it doesn't really promise
> better compatibility, but rather ease of use.
>
> For a layman, configuring Wine from a command prompt, manually mounting
> media, Wine tweaks, etc. can be difficult.
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> > Did anyone else get this?  Is anyone currently using it to run modern
> > Windows games/apps?
> >
> > Last time I played with it, it wasn't much better than Wine for my
> needs...
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: CodeWeavers Forums <noreply at crossover.codeweavers.com>
> > Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:44 PM
> > Subject: [Announcements] CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31
> > To: Dan-CodeWeavers Linder-CodeWeavers <dan at linder.org>
> >
> >
> > CodeWeavers Announcements Post
> >
> >
> http://www.codeweavers.com/support/forums/announce/?t=24;mhl=132802#msg132802
> >
> >  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >   FROM:       Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com>
> >   TOPIC:      CrossOver Announcements
> >   SUBJECT:    CrossOver for free on Wednesday, October 31
> >  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I am happy to announce that we will be providing a copy of CrossOver for
> > free to all comers this Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, from 00:00
> until
> > 23:59 pm, Central Daylight Time.  That's the treat - we hope you enjoy
> it,
> > and we hope you spread the word to all your friends so they, too, can
> enjoy
> > CrossOver goodness.  The expected 'trick' is that if you're a US citizen,
> > you should go vote next Tuesday.
> >
> > You can read more about it in our press release here:
> >   http://www.codeweavers.com/about/general/press/20121029/
> >
> > and you can see our internal staff reaction to the news here:
> >   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKiMJFvXbc
> >
> > Existing customers will get a free 12 month extension added to their
> > entitlement, so they can enjoy CrossOver for 12 further months.
> >
> > To sign up for your free copy or free 12 month extension, simply visit
> this
> > web page:
> >   http://flock.codeweavers.com
> > any time on October 31, 2012, from 00:00 until 23:59 CDT.
> >
> > If you have questions about the details of this promotion, we have
> > a FAQ page here:
> >   http://www.codeweavers.com/flockthevoteqa/
> >
> > Now I've got to run, they've tracked my IP address to this coffee shop
> I'm
> > hiding in... <grin>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeremy "Mallard" White
> >
> >
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