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== AoM on Linux == | == AoM on Linux == | ||
AoM is, strictly saying, a | AoM is, strictly saying, a ''Windows client'' and, as such, expects an environment capable of understanding the Windows API. On Linux, for obvious reasons, that is not available natively. [http://www.winehq.com/ Wine] gives linux users that environment. Due to the complexity of the Windows API, Wine is unable to run every Windows program flawlessly. Some work fine, some don't. | ||
As of 0.6.306 | As of AoM 0.6.306 and Wine 20041201, AoM runs on wine with nearly no feature loss. It uses around 23 megabytes of resident memory on Linux with Wine, against 9 megabytes on Windows. It is expected that, after features are implemented and AoM 0.6 becomes a full working client, the resident memory difference of 14 megabytes will not grow much. | ||
== How to run AoM on wine == | == How to run AoM on wine == |
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