On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 23:06, Cameron Nikitiuk wrote: > Hi All, > > Am trying to research and plan my eventual entertainment/multimedia > server. It will act as a game console, jukebox, pvr, video editor, > image editor, etc. > > I know there is an ever increasing array of software for most of the > listed above, but one thing is eluding me at this point. I have a bunch > of Windows games that I would like to load on the system and enjoy them. > I would ideally like to use as Linux and other open source products to > accomplish this. I thought about using WINE or something like Win4Lin > to emulate Windows 2000 and then run the software from there, and then > problem solved, but I just don't have enough information. I was also > thinking that Lindows might work, but again, limited experience. > What solution is best will depend on the games. WineX probably has the most support for gaming. A number of games run on just straight wine too as well. Win4lin is not a viable solution as it doesn't have proper support for DirectX and will not play many games at all. Lindows won't give you any special advantage over any other distro as you will still need to add wine or wineX.
You can also look at setting up Mame support. It won't provide support for windows games but will allow you to run old arcade games under Linux. -- Mark Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
