PlayOnLinux is an add-on for Wine that allows you to easily install and use a large number of games developed for Windows in Linux [1] . PlayOnLinux provides the ability to use scripts to install Windows applications, most of the games.
| Playonlinux | |
|---|---|
 Play on Linux Interface | |
| Type of | Windows API emulation |
| Developer | Quentin Pâris and Playonlinux team |
| Written on | Python Bash |
| Interface | |
| operating system | Linux |
| First edition | |
| Latest version | 4.3.4 (December 24, 2018) |
| License | GPL v3 |
| Site | playonlinux.com |
Content
Key Features
- Using automated scripts to install games and other applications.
- Using separate prefixes for different games.
- The ability to use different versions of Wine and binary patches for them to run different applications.
Features
- PlayOnLinux is written in Python and Bash.
- Unlike the original Wine, where all applications are usually placed in one prefix (~ / .wine), a separate prefix is created in PlayOnLinux for each application in ~ / .PlayOnLinux / wineprefix.
PlayOnMac
There is a version of PlayOnLinux to run on Mac OS X called PlayOnMac [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Official PlayOnLinux website (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 20, 2013. Archived on August 28, 2013.
- ↑ Official PlayOnMac website