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TrangsGaming's flagship product, [[Cedega]], is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of [[Wine (software)|Wine]] for running [[Microsoft Windows]] games on [[Linux]]. |
TrangsGaming's flagship product, [[Cedega]], is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of [[Wine (software)|Wine]] for running [[Microsoft Windows]] games on [[Linux]]. |
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There are games that run on Cedega but not on Wine, and games that run on Wine but not Cedega. Users that want to play a specific game usually look for it on the databases that both projects keep. |
There are games that run on Cedega but not on Wine, and games that run on Wine but not Cedega. Users that want to play a specific game usually look for it on the databases that both projects keep. <ref>[http://appdb.winehq.org/ AppDB temporarily offline<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/ Cedega Games Database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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The source code for the program is available, but there are restrictions on redistribution that make it non-free software. The [[Gentoo Linux]] distribution, for example, has been compelled by Transgaming to remove from their package manager scripts to download the source and installing in an automatic manner. |
The source code for the program is available, but there are restrictions on redistribution that make it non-free software. The [[Gentoo Linux]] distribution, for example, has been compelled by Transgaming to remove from their package manager scripts to download the source and installing in an automatic manner. |
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Revision as of 17:11, 24 May 2008
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founders | Gavriel State |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario , Canada |
Key people | Vikas Gupta, CEO Gavriel State, Chairman |
| Revenue |  $2 million USD |
 $0.25 million USD | |
| $0.5 million USD | |
| Website | www.transgaming.com |
TransGaming Inc. is a company specialized in video game portability technology. The company has its head office in Toronto and a research hub in Ottawa. It was founded by Gavriel State, who ran the Linux product division at the Corel Corporation.[1] The current CEO is Vikas Gupta.
Products
Cedega
TrangsGaming's flagship product, Cedega, is a proprietary fork of Wine for running Microsoft Windows games on Linux.
There are games that run on Cedega but not on Wine, and games that run on Wine but not Cedega. Users that want to play a specific game usually look for it on the databases that both projects keep. [2] [3]
The source code for the program is available, but there are restrictions on redistribution that make it non-free software. The Gentoo Linux distribution, for example, has been compelled by Transgaming to remove from their package manager scripts to download the source and installing in an automatic manner.
The company has been criticized for not contributing code from Cedega back to Wine. For details, see Cedega
Cider
The company has recently made available a new product called Cider which is a technology marketed towards developers that allows Windows games to run on Mac OS X. It shares much of the same core technology as Cedega but is designed for video game designers and publishers. Due to the increase in demand for Apple computers, the company is experiencing above average growth.[citation needed]
At the 2007 World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC07), Electronic Arts announced their return to the Mac, publishing various titles simultaneously on both PCs and Macs, using Cider on the Mac.[4]
In a newsletter dated 2007-11-13, the company announced that Cider will be merging back into Cedega.[5]
SwiftShader
SwiftShader is an advanced software renderer with Direct3D 8/9 class features, including shaders.
GameTree Online
GameTreeOnline.com was launched in Beta, March 2008, with a focus to offer the Mac gaming community an online retail distribution point for published Mac titles.
