Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

I wonder why I didn't think of announcing this here, since I know about it since over 12 hours and it's already Wednesday in Europe by now... :doh:

The guys over at CodeWeavers are giving away their CrossOver products CrossOver Mac, CrossOver Linux, CrossOver Games Mac, and CrossOver Games Linux, a fork of WINE, for free today, apparently over losing a bet that GW Bush wouldn't be keeping a single one of the five goals that he announced. Apparently petrol IS cheaper by now. :banana:

So, you can download the software for free from http://down.codeweavers.com/ for probably a few hours more and apply for a registration key there, too. The site is pretty minimalistic now after the servers went to their knees due to the resulting hits on the website - watch the video.

Hope that helps somebody who has to or wants to run Windows programs or play a game or so.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

Already got them, but thanks for the post. I believe it is mainly a marketing thing, but hey, free software is free software.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

I guess it is, too. But it doesn't hurt me any to try out and use their software for as long as I like. I heard of others who were happy up to this point with their 5.x version installed that they got for free before, too.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

I have a new Macbook Pro that I am going to try them out on. If I can really run Windows games on it acceptably, that will be very cool.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

awesome. there's a few of both linux and windows games i've been wanting to play (ffs, how does someone make a game for linux AND windows but not mac?). namely those two with the penguins. tagap and freedroids i think...

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

As an aside note, the new Macbook Pros are awesome. Forged from a single piece of aluminum. I dropped mine earlier today (doh!). Not a bit of damage. And, they are extremely fast, and have two graphics chips.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

Interesting. Thanks for the post.
But since I dont use Gnome or KDE Im afraid that it doesnt do much for me.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

That's really cool as I'm wondering right now if I should install windows on a second partition or leave it away once and forever.

Is the serial key needed to run the programs or is it there to get new updates?

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

Nope, seems the serial key isn't needed.

Re: Crossover for free on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
 

Dangit, it is now Wednesday morning for me.