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  • Yes, I use WINE.

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  • Yes, I use a WINE offshoot (Cedega, CrossOver, etc)

    5 8.47%

  • No, I do not use WINE or an offshoot of it.

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I play a few of my favourite games using Wine. It is the one area that Linux is still lacking; not by it's fault. They work fine and I don't ...
  1. 12-16-2008 #61
    elija
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    I play a few of my favourite games using Wine. It is the one area that Linux is still lacking; not by it's fault. They work fine and I don't need Windows.
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  2. 12-16-2008 #62
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    I use wine for three things....pokerstar.net, Stata 10 and dvdshrink (I use acidrip often but I like the way that dvd shrink works a bit more....not directly to avi so it's less taxing on my system, plus I get dvd menus' which I like)....other than that I use XP VM for netflix only (crossing my fingers that the new version of view instant gets some developers to get it working on Linux....I've heard good rumors). Pokerstar I doubt will ever make a linux version which is too bad...I use it for Stata only because the version of Stata I bought I got before I switched completely to Linux so...I'm stuck with it (it's expensive)...in the process of switching over to R, hopefully can get rid of stata in a few months
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  3. 12-17-2008 #63
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    i ran out of reinstalls for xp.

    games are the main reason for me and being able to run certain cool windows only programs..
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  4. 12-17-2008 #64
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    I quit using Windows. I only forgot that I was removing my last install for that licence when I deleted it's partition. I don't feel like purchasing a new licence because I simply haven't got the money.

    My calculator has some functions for interacting with a PC which I have to run for math. The only problem is that the developers didn't think about Linux when they designed the drivers, so it's working a little buggy, but with some hacking every time I connect I can get it to work (takes me twice as long as normal). I also use Photofiltre. It's a nice program for foto editing. It's not really an advnced application, such as GIMP, but this works fine for me.

    I also have a Windows IDE for developing windows applications (I just use gedit and g++ for linux). Now I can write and compile applications for my friends and they can actually run it. I've got a lot to learn though but every day I learn more and more, and eventually I will make a living out of it (I hope, and if it doesn't work out I can go for climbing instructor or a schools system manager).
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  5. 12-17-2008 #65
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    You know what my WINE alternative is? A KVM Switch!! hahahaha
    Using Linux since June 2007
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  6. 12-18-2008 #66
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    Rarely do I use it, but it's convenient for running Steam, and such things. Usually I just get the Linux client for the game in question.
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