Hello Enrico :-) On 1/27/06, Enrico Tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can Linux be used in Internet cafe? Does it has problem accessing the > internet? How about running games (online and offline) especially the more > popular ones like Ragnarok, MU, Tantra, etc.
Of course, Linux can be used in Internet cafes; the Linux kernel has ipv4 and ipv6 support for quite a long time now ;) The real question is whether you will be willing to use it either as a: a. Workstation - a.k.a. _pure_ internet client, providing Web (Firefox), Email (via Web), IM (Gaim, Jabber), and IRC (Xchat) access; or b. Server - Linux can also be used as an Internet cafe's primary gateway for its LAN; you can base your DSL connection to a Linux server, then use that server to be the middleman deploying Internet connectivity to all the LAN client workstations. An even more interesting configuration would be to have Linux servers providing transparent proxy caching (Squid) and firewalling (iptables). Games, most of which are built only for Windows (especially the MMO kind) are not-so-supported natively on Linux; you will have to use an emulation environment (such as Wine) or maybe even a real virtual machine (like a Windows XP image running inside VMware Player.) As Dido mentioned, I have gotten Ragnarok to run quite nicely on Debian, but that was too long ago, well before GameGuard (nProtect) features were added. I'm not too motivated to try the latest Ragnarok on my Linux desktop (now Ubuntu) for now, unless and until Gravity/Level-Up explicitly provides support for Ragnarok on Linux (and I don't think that will _ever_ happen real soon now.) Besides, there's Guild Wars :P Or if you're up to it, try Kingdom of Loathing ;) http://www.kingdomofloathing.com Cheers, Zakame -- Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D
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