windows and others on linux... or something like that =D

[littlemud]

hello people,

I am using the latest suse distrib(10.2) and i want to use some windows programs like some games and stuff on my linux...
but how do i do this? i've heard of WINE but i am not able of figuring it out myself on how to use it and so on..

if some one is able of helping me, like an alternative or something... may help me =D


thx people...

greetz littlemud

[manshahia]

Me too guys.
I require a alternative to Google talk.
Thnx.

[techieMoe]

First of all I recommend you read the "Table of Equivalent Linux/Windows Programs" in this thread:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ead-first.html

Also know that WINE is not going to offer the same kind of performance as running software on MS Windows, and it may not work at all depending on what program you're trying to use.

For games, the best chance you'll have is with a non-free product called Cedega, however again it will not run games as well as MS Windows, it will cost you money ($15USD), and it may not work at all depending on your hardware and the games you want to play.

My advice to anyone wanting to play Microsoft Windows games is simply play them in MS Windows. You can set up your system to boot MS Windows and Linux relatively easily, and that allows you to play your games in the OS for which they were intended.

[littlemud]

yeah thats just the problem, my version and all other versions of windows keep crashing on my pc... so the only thought i was having, was installing linux and this has been at this moment the most stable solution ever... so no windows is possible, only linux... so there is not really a good solution?

[techieMoe]

yeah thats just the problem, my version and all other versions of windows keep crashing on my pc... so the only thought i was having, was installing linux and this has been at this moment the most stable solution ever... so no windows is possible, only linux... so there is not really a good solution?

First, I would see if there are Linux equivalents to the programs you need in MS Windows. As for the games, I really don't know what to tell you. WINE might work, but it might not. It's not an exact science.

[abhishek456]

check out this

http://www.winehq.com/site/docs/wineusr-guide/index

there is also a commercial software like wine "CrossOver Linux"
check out

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/

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