thats the same reason i want to use wine Christopher Nelson, but to play medal of honor with or without gamespy, i am a little addicted to the game, but to answer, i chose to switch to linux, after years of hating constantly unstable windows os, winxp has had the same error twice in a month after getting a service pack 2 update, so i felt linux would be better in a way.
--- Christopher Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 12:56:27AM +0100, Doofus > wrote: > > Christopher Nelson wrote: > > > > >On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 03:00:54PM -0700, Xplicit > Language wrote: > > > > > >>also is > > >>anyone familiar with wine? > > > > > >As a user. What's your question? If it's > generally how to use it, 'wine > > ><windows binary name>'. Not all windows programs > work under wine, and > > >some require tinkering. > > > > > > > How mature is wine these days? The last time I > looked at it (admittedly > > a long time ago) it was still a windows 3.1 > emulator (when 32 bit > > windows had long been released). It wasn't > particularly stable either. > > It runs a lot of stuff written for the 32 bit > windows systems now. I > haven't had it in itself be unstable in awhile, just > not fully support > some programs. > > > I've never really seen the point. If windows is > your thing, why not use > > windows? > > Generally I agree with you. Some people are tied > for work reasons to a > Windows application or two, though, despite their > preference for Free > software. > > > I'm not trying to bait anyone here. I'd be > interested to read of what > > graphical windows software people out there are > usefully running under a > > linux roof. > > I've mostly used it to run my extensive collection > of win98 games and > the GURPS Character Builder (though the 4th edition > one does not work > under wine). I've also seen it used for Lotus Notes > by a person whose > company requires its use. > > Now, however, most of my gaming need is filled by > nethack, so I don't > use wine much anymore. But not everybody has the > option, such as that > person who need Lotus Notes for work. > > -- > Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > The degree of civilization in a society can be > judged by entering its prisons. > -- F. Dostoyevski > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
