Running windows program in linux

arson smith arsonsmith@hotmail.com
Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:23:52 GMT


the only criple of the download is that it expires after
30 days.  I have found the new beta 2.0 to be really cool
I am now planing on buying it as soon as I have the money.

Bill W


>From: Rick Rosinski <rick@rickrosinski.com>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: Re: Running windows program in linux
>Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:28:10 -0700
>
>I have heard of VMWare, and that is why I was trying Bochs.  It costs too 
>much
>for VMWare, and the download is crippled until the liscense is obtained.
>The game is cool, but I would rather keep a duel-boot until either Bochs or
>some other emulator (hopefully a GPL / GNU one) comes into maturity.
>
>On Sun, 06 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > If you already have a liscense for windows you might want to consider 
>running
> > VMware if your system is robust enough.  They just sent me an email 
>about the
> > beta of V2.0 being released.
> >
> > http://www.vmware.com/support/linux/doc/beta_linux/
> >
> > > Has anybody gotten Wine to run a wargame called Master of Orion II, 
>but I get
> > > trouble when it tries to configure a geometry of 640x480 resolution 
>and dies
> > > with a message that it can't handle the depth.
> > >
> > > Because of this, I have tried Bochs, which is an x86 emulator.  That 
>will not
> > > run (Segmentation fault) despite tripple-checking and streamlining the
> > > configuration.
> > >
> > > Has anybody gotton this game to work in Linux?
> >
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