Have you ever thought about playing poker on your Linux machine? This is quite easy as you simply need to install proper packages like kpoker or sillypoker from your Linux distribution’s store and you are done. However, if want to play poker online for real money, then this may not be as easy as it sounds.

There are many MS Windows poker clients available on the internet but the problem is that none of them is a native poker client for a Linux operating system. A few of them just need a Java plugin installed in your browser but there are many online poker clients which you need to install on your Linux machine before playing. In this article, you will learn how to play poker online on Linux using Windows Poker Clients.

To play poker online on linux using a windows poker client, you need to install a wine application. Wine is a software program through which you can run and install windows based poker clients on your linux machine and play poker online easily.

Here is what you need to do to test this method:

• Install wine application

• Install Windows based poker online client using wine

• Run Windows based poker online client using wine

How to Install Wine on Your Linux Computer?

• In case you are using Linux operating with a debian package management ( DEB ) like Debian or Ubuntu, you need to install wine using an apt-get command

# apt-get install wine

NOTE: apt-get will need root privileges!

• If you are using RedHat with redhat package management ( RPM ) and its follows up Fedora or CentOS, you need to install wine using an yum install command:

- yum install wine

NOTE: yum will need root privileges!

How to Install Windows Based Online Client On Linux?

After installing and running the wine application, you need to download a windows based poker poker client like Poker Stars and install it using wine.

NOTE: Do not run a following command as a root user. PokerStars application will be installed locally into your home directory as specified by a bash’s -HOME environment variable.

- wine PokerStarsSetup.exe

If you are running wine for a first time, then it may ask you some questions. Otherwise, just install Poker Stars application normally as you would on Windows Operating System. Before running a Windows based poker client, you may need to run the wineboot utility to simulate a Windows reboot:

- wineboot

How to Run Windows Based Online Client On Linux?

Now you can start a Windows based Poker client from your linux desktop menu. In case you don’t see a shortcut to a Wine->PokerStars in your linux desktop menu, you can run this application using the following command:

- cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files

Then find a PokerStars installation directory and executable file and run it using the following wine command:

- wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/PokerStars/PokerStars.exe

Important Note:

Running a Windows based Poker Online Client successfully using wine is not guaranteed! There are many factors concerning the successful run of native MS Windows applications on the Linux operating system. If you fail to start your preferred online poker client on your Linux machine, then you must install the latest version of wine or a CrossOver Software which is a commercial version of wine.

By: Pankaj Diya Gupta

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What are some mmorpg, fps, etc that are compatible with linux and are fun. Maybe even popular.
Also, what games can be played using wine for linux?

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I know you can download Wine to run Windows games on Linux, but I want to make sure that everything in Linux can be just as good as it is in Windows XP. I’m wondering if networking will ***** up considering the rest of my family runs on Windows… Does that mean no LAN? Stuff like that. I’ll post more details if people need more so check back.

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