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| Thread ID: 37208 | 2003-08-31 13:24:00 | linux, emulators and networking, oh my.... | ravage13 (4361) | Press F1 |
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| 172065 | 2003-08-31 13:24:00 | Hi, my friend recently purchased a cheap computer that came with no OS. He intends to install linux primarily so he can do his COSC assignments at home. He does however enjoy the odd game such as age of kings and alien crossfire which run under windows. I have heard that you can use emulators such as WineX to run windows games. Is this so or have I been misinformed and if so do they work for all games or just some? Assuming he can play games such as AOK, Is it possible to network a linux computer with a Win XP computer using networking cards and a crossover CAT cable? (already have a network with an old 266Mhz win98 machine) computer specs if it matters linux (redhat I think) 1.3 duron 512 M 266 DDR onboard lan winxp 2400+ Athlon 512 M 333 DDR onboard lan any help would be appreciated thanks Ravage |
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| 172066 | 2003-08-31 21:36:00 | Not sure on the ins & outs of emulators for Linux, but in answer to your networking question... Yes (simple answer anyways - details may change it ) You can network XP & Linux. Never done it myself yet as the missus insists I sell my old machines when I upgrade so never have that spare Linux box sitting around ;) |
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| 172067 | 2003-09-01 00:51:00 | http://www.winehq.com Wine will run quite a lot of Windows programs for you! WineX is from transgaming.com and is Wine, only for games! Networking is possible too, try redhat-config-network from a konsole! When you get them pinging, you should be good for gaming! File-sharing with Samba will come later... ;-) Cheers Chill. |
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| 172068 | 2003-09-01 17:09:00 | thanks I'll check it out ravage |
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