The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:
Monday October 19, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Presentation: PlayOnLinux: a graphical front-end to Wine presented by Ronin Dusette
PlayOnLinux https://www.playonlinux.com/ is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft Windows. A minority of commercial games are compatible with Linux at the moment, which can be a factor that prevents some users from migrating to it. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.
Written in Bash shell and Python, and using wxPython of its interface, PlayOnLinux is graphical front-end to Wine, an open source "compatibility layer" capable of running Windows applications on Linux, Mac OS X and BSD. Wine translates Windows API calls, which eliminates the performance and memory penalties of other methods. This means you do not need to own a Windows license to use PlayOnLinux!
About the speaker: Ronin Dusette is a web developer/designer, photographer, technical consultant and musician, as well as a member of the PlayOnLinux team. His website is https://dusette.net/
This meeting will be held at:
Explorit Nature Center 3141 5th Street Davis, CA 95616
For more details on this meeting, visit:
http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/#next
For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:
http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/on.php
------------ About LUGOD: ------------
The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software.
Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public.
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