should i go linux instead of windows xp home???

chupacabra · 03-21-2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Emperor_nero

Be careful, emulators are illegal a lot of the time and against forum rules to talk about them.

Those "emulators" are legal, just that they're very limited when playing games

Emperor_nero · 03-21-2007, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by chupacabra

Those "emulators" are legal, just that they're very limited when playing games

You are correct my mistake, I'm sorry. There is some controversy over whether console emulators are legal. And ROMs are illegal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console...r#Legal_Issues

_simon_ · 03-21-2007, 08:55 AM

There aren't actually any Windows emulators for Linux.

The main program that MIGHT allow you to use some Windows software is called WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator)

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Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.

You will no doubt hear of Cedega as well, this is basically WINE with a graphical front end and easier to use.

The number of games that will run under this software is very limited, chances are you might not get any of your existing games to run at all.

I suggest you look into what Games run natively and what games can be run under the likes of WINE / Cedega / CrossOver.

WINE

Cedega

Crossover

I can tell you now that Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake 4 and Doom III will run natively so if you play any of those you are ok.

lovely? · 03-22-2007, 01:12 AM

doom III? quake IIII? i absolutely LOVE those games. they will run native on linux? that suprises me. is unreal tournament '04 any good? never played it before, so im not really sure...

lovely? · 03-22-2007, 01:19 AM

hmm i looked into wine, crossover and cedega, but it looks as if wine can be my only choice. cedega says that it requires an n-vidia video card, (i have ATI) and the crossover charge a LOT of money, even tho it does look to be the best choice... i will try out wine and hope for the best that some of my 50+ games will work...

lovely? · 03-22-2007, 01:25 AM

also, i would like to know some prime places where i can read into all this stuff im hearing about, fedora project, red-hat, and the like. google has been giving me conflicting information, so im curious now

cryption · 03-22-2007, 01:30 AM

you cannot game worth a damn on linux. period. I know people will argue with me but it's a hassle getting it going. Windows is the best for gaming hands down.

If you want to play Steam related games or say BF2142 or BF2 stay away from linux. And I like linux.

lovely? · 03-22-2007, 01:36 AM

well, im only doing this as a temporary thing to have my computer running at the very least. as long as i can play quake and doom i'l be ok till i can buy windows

03-22-2007, 01:12 AM	#14 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	doom III? quake IIII? i absolutely LOVE those games. they will run native on linux? that suprises me. is unreal tournament '04 any good? never played it before, so im not really sure... __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

03-22-2007, 01:19 AM	#15 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	hmm i looked into wine, crossover and cedega, but it looks as if wine can be my only choice. cedega says that it requires an n-vidia video card, (i have ATI) and the crossover charge a LOT of money, even tho it does look to be the best choice... i will try out wine and hope for the best that some of my 50+ games will work... __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

03-22-2007, 01:25 AM	#16 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	also, i would like to know some prime places where i can read into all this stuff im hearing about, fedora project, red-hat, and the like. google has been giving me conflicting information, so im curious now __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

03-22-2007, 01:36 AM	#18 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,651	well, im only doing this as a temporary thing to have my computer running at the very least. as long as i can play quake and doom i'l be ok till i can buy windows __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

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03-22-2007, 01:30 AM	#17 (permalink)
cryption Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 314	you cannot game worth a damn on linux. period. I know people will argue with me but it's a hassle getting it going. Windows is the best for gaming hands down. If you want to play Steam related games or say BF2142 or BF2 stay away from linux. And I like linux.

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