WOW Tech Review: Friday, January 13, 2012

World of Warcraft: Battle Chest PC Game BLIZZARD: $10

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832127004&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL011312&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL011312-_-EMC-011312-Index-_-PCGames-_-32127004-L010C

• this should give a month of play at level 80 and below.  Not bad.

Installing WOW on Linux 10.04.3

• Had a little trouble finding some of the links.

http://blog.sudobits.com/2010/07/18/how-to-install-wine-on-ubuntu-10-04/

• sudo apt-get install wine

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-2c37616bc34f6544af34566fe5f08a7a22ee377c

• wine --version
• wine-1.2.2

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-update-ubuntu-linux-softwares/

• general page on installing from command line in Ubuntu

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

• how to install dev wine (1.3.??)

http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine

• this is the install page
• talks about wine 1.2.3 (arg)

http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu

• have to add WineHQ PPA Repository to resources
• Application -> Software Center
• Edit -> Software Sources
• Other Software -> Add
• on the APT line:  ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
• Closed the Software Center
• selected the 1.2 link on the page
• says that 1.2 is already installed

Uninstall 1.2

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install wine
• gave me 1.3 - not what I wanted

Uninstall 1.3

http://myinterestingubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/04/compleate-removing-wine.html

• sudo apt-get --purge remove wine
• sudo apt-get autoremove
• rm -r ~/.wine

http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu

• trying the 1.2 link again
• I think I could have done the following from the commandline
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get wine1.2

http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine

• version is now wine1.2.3
• glxinfo | grep rendering
• glxinfo is not installed
• sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
• glxinfo | grep rendering
• direct rendering: Yes
• wine -version
• dummy command, but will setup ~/.wine
• copy WOW to wine C drive
• cd "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft"
• Some how WOW is not on the drive
• Going to get it
• 
  
• Day After Next day

 wine "C:\\Program Files\\World of Warcraft\\WoW.exe" -opengl