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04-05-2003, 11:25 AM
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Windows prog compatibility with Mandrake
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that a Linux version had the ability to have windows progs/games installed and run fine. Is it true, or are there limitations?
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04-05-2003, 11:51 AM
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04-05-2003, 05:17 PM
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Are you talking about lindows? It runs some progs ok....but seriously ****ks up in others
 . You can get wine and install it on the linux os , it will allow you to run some of the win apps on linux.
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04-05-2003, 05:26 PM
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Wine? where would I get that?
[edit]: That sounded silly. 
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04-05-2003, 06:09 PM
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You can find out more about WINE here http://www.winehq.com/ . And here http://sourceforge.net/projects/winex . Wine-x costs money, Wine is free as in beer.
Getting things to run under either is problematic. It works well for some, not so well for others. A distro like Lindows uses wine to achieve its' Windows compatability. Personally, I always look for native apps. Easier to install and just as good to use. OOPS!
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04-06-2003, 12:53 AM
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Thanks, OOPS!
 I'll look into it more once I install it the way I want it and get settled into using the O/S a little bit. 
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