PlayOnLinux 3.8 is out! Major new features : Record games, wine import, Cedega import, Offline wine

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PlayOnLInux 3.8  is now available ! This new version  comes with  a lot of new features and fixed many bugs, some plugins are now integrated in this software, adding a lot of features like for example: Capture – a new feature that allow you to record your games while playing, Other new features are wine import, Cedega import, Offline wine and more.

If you diden`t hear about playonlinux before :

“PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft® Windows®.

Few games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem”.

This version comes with a lot of New features:

• Capture will allow you to record your games ( To start/stop recording, use SHIFT+F8 while playing, capture will automatically be stored in POL_Capture folder in your home directory.)
• Wine Import will allow you to add Wine apps into PlayOnLinux, and uses our features for it
• Cedega Import will let you import your Cedega games
• Wine Look will help you to change the color of your Wine application to fit better with your desktop
• Advanced Wine Configuration will give you access to a lot of tweaks for Wine
• Offline PlayOnLinux will allow you to run PlayOnLinux without internet access, by running locally a server script

Installation in Ubuntu:

Open terminal and enter the following commands: 

sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_lucid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list

 sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install playonlinux

You can also download the .deb file : PlayOnLinux3.8.Deb

For other Linux distribution please visit the download page.

The new feature Capture :

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