playonlinux - Play Windows Games on Linux

playonlinux is one of the tool that answers the question "How to play windows games on Ubuntu Linux ?"

playonlinux seems to be similar to cedega except that playonlinux is open-source and free. playonlinux supports around 11 Linux distros. Although there is no package for Ubuntu Intrepid but adding Ubuntu Hardy sources file to my intrepid seems to be working fine.

Installing playonlinux

Use following commands to configure sources and install the playonlinux package.

sudo wget http://deb.mulx.net/playonlinux_intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
wget -q http://deb.mulx.net/pol.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install playonlinux

Supported Games

  • Star Wars : Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast
  • Max Payne 2 : The Fall of Max Payne
  • Star Wars : Jedi Knight : Jedi Academy
  • Steam
  • Guild Wars
  • Half Life 1
  • Legacy Of Kain : Defiance
  • Ragnarok Online
  • Starcraft
  • Star Wars - Episod 1 : Racer
  • Star Wars : Knights Of The Old Republic
  • Warcraft III
  • World Of Warcraft
  • Fable : The Lost Chapters
  • Diablo II
  • Diablo II : Lord Of Destruction
  • Starcraft : BroodWar
  • Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne
  • World Of Warcraft : The Burning Crusade
  • Starcraft patch 1.15
  • Max Payne 2 : 1.01 patch
  • Star Wars : Jedi Knight Jedi Academy - Patch 1.01
  • Star Wars : Jedi Knight II - Patch 1.04
  • Starcraft BroodWars 1.15 patch
  • Star Wars : Knights Of The Old Republic : 1.03
  • Worms World Party
  • Painkiller
  • Painkiller : Battle Out Of Hell
  • Painkiller : Battle out of Hell Patch 1.64
  • Sonic Adventure DX
  • Steam : Natural Selection patch
  • Dawn Of War : Dark Crusade
  • Prey
  • Prey Patch 1.04
  • Tomb Raider Anniversary
  • The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion
  • The Elder Scrolls IV - Knight of the nine
  • The Elder Scrolls IV - Shivering Isle
  • The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion Patch 1.2.0416
  • Command And Conquer 3 - Tiberium Wars - Kane Edition
  • Command And Conquer 3 Patch 1.09
  • Crayon Physics
  • Rally Championship 2000
  • Diablo II : Lord of War 1.11b patch
  • Call Of Duty 2
  • Future Pinball
  • Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas
  • Age Of Wonders
  • Dark Age of Camelot : Trials of Atlantis
  • Baldurs Gate (5 CDs)
  • Full Tilt Poker
  • Poker Stars
  • Star Wars : Knights Of The Old Republic : The Sith Lords
  • Star Wars : Knights Of The Old Republic - The Sith Lords Patch 2.01420 Français
  • Pluto Strikes Back
  • Cacodemons Barbecue Party in Hell
  • Druid Soccer
  • The Truth About Game Development
  • Total Annihilation
  • Etherlords 2
  • Best One Poker
  • Etherlords 2 v1.03 patch
  • Breath of Fire IV
  • Forbidden
  • Steam HL2 mod : Insurgency RC2
  • Steam HL1 mod : Sven Co-Op
  • Pharaon
  • Stunt GP
  • Caesar III
  • Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic
  • Dark Messiah Of Might And Magic patch 1.02
  • RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
  • Tomb Raider Legend
  • Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within
  • Tomb Raider II La dague de Xian
  • Prince Of Persia - Sands of Time
  • Jazz Jackrabbit 2
  • CivNet
  • Soldier of Fortune Platinum
  • Grand Theft Auto 2
  • Steam HL2 mod : Pirates Vikings And Knights II
  • Tomb Raider III Les aventures de Lara Croft
  • Reflexive Arcade games
  • Age Of Empires 2 : The Age of Kings
  • Starcraft Brood War patch 1.15.2
  • Starcraft 1.15.2 patch
  • Tomb Raider 1
  • Last Chaos
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow Of Chernobyl
  • Hitman 2
  • Zoo Tycoon 2
  • Hitman 3 : Contracts
  • Sam and Max Season 1
  • Grand Theft Auto : Vice City
  • Track Mania Nations For Ever
  • Steam HL2 mod : Cinematic Mod
  • Halo Combat Evolved
  • Halo Combat Evolved Patch 1.08
  • Grand Theft Auto 3
  • Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe
  • Deus Ex
  • Tribes
  • GhostRecon
  • Silk Road Online
  • Serious Sam - The First Encounter
  • Serious Sam - The Second Encounter
  • Soldat
  • Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy v3 PLUS patch 1.01 choix
  • Dawn of War : Soulstorm
  • Age Of Empires 2 : The Conquerors Expansion
  • Call of Chtulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • BaldursGate 2
  • BaldursGate 2 Throne of Bhaal
  • Settlers 4
  • Settlers 4 : Trojans and the elixir of power
  • Emperor
  • Worms 4 Mayhem
  • Project IGI
  • Steam : Counter Strike Source
  • SimCity 4
  • SimCity 4 Deluxe
  • The Elder Scrolls III - Morrowind
  • The Elder Scrolls III - Tribunal
  • The Elder Scrolls III - Bloodmoon
  • Red Faction II
  • Richard Burns Rally
  • Dark Age of Camelot : Labyrinth of the Minotaur
  • Spore
  • World Of Goo
  • Star Wars : Battlefront
  • Vantage Master Online
  • World in Conflict
  • Strong Bad 101: Homestar Ruiner
  • Strong Bad 102: Strong Badia the Free
  • Sam and Max 202: Moai Better Blues
  • Sam and Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead
  • Sam and Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
  • Sam and Max 205: What's New, Beelzebub?
  • The Witcher Enhanced Edition
  • Far Cry 2
  • The Witcher
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow Of Chernobyl Patch 1.0006
  • Clive Barker's Jericho
  • Geheimakte Tunguska - German
  • NeverWinter Nights 2
  • The Witcher Patch 1.4
  • Sam and Max 201: Ice Station Santa
  • Need For Speed Undercover
  • Prince Of Persia 2008

Comments

Anonymous said…
Nice :) Note that there is also support for Intrepid - just change:

sudo wget http://deb.mulx.net/playonlinux_hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

to:

sudo wget http://deb.mulx.net/playonlinux_intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

Cheers :)
MulX/APLU said…
Hi,
The domain mulx.net don't exist anymore.
Go to the PlayOnLinux's site to get the new URL for deb repo.

MulX/APLU (Aymeric)

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