VMWare

Bob - Speaking of Counterstrike on Linux, I recently read about
transgaming.com - they are porting the DirectX API to Linux. They also
seem to be affiliated with Wine.

Anyway, here is the link
http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=1

They say that Counterstrike runs perfectly....


I haven't tried it yet...but I am thinking about it...
-Bob



On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 01:15, Bob George wrote:
> "Victor Odhner" <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > I find myself with a 1.3GHz processor and 256MB of memory.
> > This is a dual-boot box, running Win98 or RedHat 7.1
> > depending on my mood (and needs of other family members).
> >
> > So: Is it time for me to get VMWare, so that I can
> > run Linux all the time and Windows on top of it as
> > needed?
>
> For day-to-day stuff like word processing and such, it'd work fine. Games
> will probably be the deciding factor. VMware is NOT meant to handle
> graphics-intensive games (no DirectX, etc.) Until we can do CounterStrike
> for Linux, Win98 will always be bootable. Still, VMware is quite handy for
> other reasons. It'll work with 256MB RAM just fine, but you might consider
> adding more if you like having multiple guests running at once.
>
> - Bob
>
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