On Monday 03 November 2003 6:24 pm, Jason Pfingstmann wrote:
> No, this post is not about a Joyous Psychic. ;)
>
> I am trying to reach a happy medium between Windows and Linux. I like to
> game and I do, like many others, require the use of Windows software
> frequently and with 100% compatibility - more than wine could provide. I
> love Linux's stability and ability to control the system, ease of use,
> etc, etc... I need DirectX capabilities for games and don't want to have
> to reboot to play games. On the other hand I would like Linux stability
> and low overhead when I don't want to run Windows apps. The only solution
> I have come up with that sacrifices some stability is to run my Gentoo
> install through VMWare. This works fine, but the constant "You must
> reboot your computer..blah..blah..blah" in Windows makes this arrangement
> impractical. So I guess my question is this, is there any way to run
> Windows over Linux and still have DirectX capability (not to mention
> decent speed for gaming)? VMWare and Win4Lin both strike out in this
> field. WineX is a "kludge" of a program with infrequent updates compared
> to 99% of Linux software (not worth the $5/month subscription if you ask
> me) - not to mention incompatible with 75% of the games I play.
>
> So, I'm sure that many other Linux users have had the same dilemma and
> have hopefully found a happy medium. I would like to hear any ideas you
> have and what solution others have come up with.
>
> Jason Pfingstmann
DirectX is where Windows extreme vulnerablities come from. Viruse's,
malicious web sites, etc. DirectX is very dangerous and I doubt you will
ever see it in Linux. Because of these problems, I always surf the net and
read my email via linux, never windows.
On the other hand, some pretty impressive games are starting to flow out for
linux native mode. I've played Quake 3 Arena for Linux alot. We need more
games of such quality to follow suit.
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Richard L. Proctor
Krystal Computer Services
PC Repairs & Upgrades
480-699-3098
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