FREE copy of Codeweavers CrossOver, with 12 months support

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CodeWeavers Announces Flock The Vote Software Giveaway!
What: Get your FREE copy of CrossOver, with 12 months support
When: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 00:00 - 23:59, CDT (-5GMT)
Where: Right here, at flock.codeweavers.com
Who: FREE to anyone on the planet
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CodeWeavers, Inc., developer of CrossOver software which enables Mac and Linux users to run Windows software on their computers without the need of a Microsoft license, announced today that it will give away CrossOver for free on October 31, 2012 to everyone on earth with a computer.
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Would have been great if it worked the other way round. I wouldn't mind be able to run XCode on Windows.
 
Downloaded and installed. Now just to find games to install to test. Darn, that going to have to wait until tonight.

But what are the chances of purchasing games off Steam, for Windows, and then those games being cross-platform installs? (methinks of the Linux Steam client beta)...
In other words, I can purchase the Windows version (which will then be run through CrossOver), and then later when the Linux client is released, I can simply download the Linux version, without needing to re-purchase the game?
Am I missing something in my query? Possibly, its been a slow start to the day and my head is still trying to catch up (and the coffee is on short rations at the moment)
 
wishblade said:
In other words, I can purchase the Windows version (which will then be run through CrossOver), and then later when the Linux client is released, I can simply download the Linux version, without needing to re-purchase the game?
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Steam already works like that for Mac; buy a Windows game and later upgrade to Mac, you can then just download the Mac version of the game without having to purchase again.
 
I registered and downloaded just fine on a Web Africa home uncapped account (if that matters).

Haven't tried on my Axxess (on mtn network) account.

Here are the download links, but you would still need to register to get the free 12 month support:

Ubuntu/Debian 64bit:
hxxp://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/ia32-crossover_11.3.1-1_amd64.deb
Ubuntu/Debian 32bit:
hxxp://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/crossover_11.3.1-1_i386.deb
Redhat/Fedora/Centos 32bit/64bit:
hxxp://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/crossover-11.3.1-1.i386.rpm
All other Linux:
hxxp://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/install-crossover-11.3.1.bin
 
MyWorld said:
It seems it is a Firefox issue, used Chromium and got to register as well, thanks.
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I can confirm it works with Firefox. However, I was only able to register one copy. To get a second copy for a relative I had to use a different browser. I didn't bother trying to clear the cache/delete cookies.

BTW the URL says "demo". Is this a demo version?
 
Space_Chief said:
I can confirm it works with Firefox. However, I was only able to register one copy. To get a second copy for a relative I had to use a different browser. I didn't bother trying to clear the cache/delete cookies.

BTW the URL says "demo". Is this a demo version?
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I can also confirm that its working with Firefox...

And no, its the full version. Once installed, there is a "Register and Unlock this demo" app of sorts - clicking on it though claims that the software has already been registered and is fully enabled.

It seems though that the support period and updates are currently in demo. Although if you want updates and support free for a year then you need to follow some link in some email that will be sent in the next few days. Or at least I remember reading that somewhere just before starting the download.
 
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