[wplug] win4lin?

[Zach Paine]

And to find more apps that let you run windows/windows programs in linux check
out plex86 (freemware) at plex86.org and wine, which I've been using to play
C&C Red Alert and Dune2000 at www.winehq.com.

	zman

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On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:02:01PM -0500, lt wrote:
> Luquilla Hughes wrote:
> > 
> > Has anybody tried out Win4lin ?
> > http://www.netraverse.com/
> > 
> 
> Yes.  It works very well for most apps that I've tried it with.  Games
> (and anything else that uses DirectX are not supported).  It's pretty
> fast too.
> 
> One observation.  I use RedHat with XFree 4.0.1 (accelerated
> framebuffer).  When I ran win95, it worked very well.  When I ran win98,
> I had issues with the screen going black where another window overlayed
> it (the entire win4lin window would go black if I switch to another X
> screen).  Adding Option "backingstore" to the Device section of my
> XF86Config file helped tremendously but I still experience minor redraw
> problems.  This may depend heavily on my specific config (X,
> framebuffer, etc).
> 
> IMHO, it's worth $59 to not have to use Windows as your primary OS.
> 
> PS.  Sound works as well.
> 
> -- 
> Lance Tost, ltost at pobox.com
> 
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