On 09.08.20 02:31, terryc wrote: > On Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:33:00 -0500 > John Morris <jmor...@beau.org> wrote: > > Snipping the Pol, Para and not mentioning Cap. > >> Or like people who still run Windows after >> decades of failure and breathtaking security flaws, but they just know >> the next release is going to be stable and secure. > > It isn't just Microsoft, but the hardware manufacturers as well. First > you have to wait for them to correct 'bugs', then their culling > of support for 'legacy' hardware and software, which is swift and > deadly. > > I only maintain a boxen running MS windows for the 'Recreational > Software', aka Games. > > Unfortunately, despite my stance of buying a copy of every game > that interested me and ran on Linux, the offerings have dried > up*. Even the ability to run those games has disappeared. > > While Linux has a lot of basic card and simple board games, offerings > are missing in a lot of types. > > So, I'm left with running MS Windows games or and the intermittent > suitability of Wine, PlayOnLinux, Codeweavers, Qemu etc. > > So if anyone wants to share their secrets to being able to run MS > Win based games on Linux, I'm interested. >
There are a lot of Linux (compatible) Games on GOG or Steam. > > I do know that the DOS game Warlords works well in Dosbox, but then > various people have written a Linux version called LordsAWar. IME the > dos version is a bit hard to play on a dual screen system as it sits > firmly in the middle. > > * I think Minecraft was the last to offer a Linux version,but there is > also the Linux based Minetest as a development base. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
