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Is Cedega just Wine with an idiot-proof GUI frontend and preset configurations for popular games?
Yes. Also, everything with graphics works better with cedega. Some things work with wine too, but I can run Flashpoint with Cedega, but not with wine (as an example). I can also run Morrowind with Cedega and not with wine, but to use the Menu to ass plugins, I need to use wine.
So, the ARE differences.