Lindows: Just say no. Aside from the whole "it's basically the worst of Linux combined with the worst of Windows" thing, it's probably not going to be any easier to get games running in it than in any other distro with wine. (Depending on the game, obviously).
Just fire up your Gentoo box :) emerge wine, and then Google for wine and the name of your game. Generally, you'll get a BUNCH of hits that will all help. The wine website should also be able to point you in the direction of a mailing list that could help you out too. I'm sure half the people running WINE are using it for gaming, so you should find good support. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cameron Nikitiuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:06 PM Subject: (clug-talk) Suggestions - Windows Games on Linux > 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. > > Any insight anyone can offer as far as solutions or software and perhaps > some recommened hardware. Any donations? ;-) > > Look forward to hearing from you! > > Cameron > > > >
