[wplug] win4lin?

lt ltost at pobox.com
Wed Dec 20 15:33:42 EST 2000


David G Matthews wrote:
> 
> Does NT work with it?
> -dgm
> 

rtfm

http://www.netraverse.com/products/win4lin/docs/Win4Lin-2.0-relnotes.php#2.3

> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, 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
> >
> > Tip of the moment:
> > No evil can happen to a good man.
> >               -- Plato
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