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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: KernelPanic on 11 December 2002, 21:15
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I have seen a lot of people asking about WineX so I am gonna make a wee tutorial/FAQ thingy maboby this weekend.
Three questions;
1) Think it is is worth my time?
2) Anything that anyone wants adding in particular?
3) Will void main and quirk add it into their respective FAQ/tip pages (it will make it decent)
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Here is my question. It appears that you have to subscribe to get WineX in binary form, you don't have to subscribe to get the sourcecode. Is the sourcecode easy to compile, or is it crippled? Is a self compiled WineX superior to Wine?
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I heard it supports half life and counterstrike... my question is were they just listing cs to say yes this runs half life mods as well or is it JUST cs? I really want to play the day of defeat mod on my linux system.
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Yeah its worth your time. There must be more ppl out there like me (eg noobs) that want to play on wine. Please post something when its done so I know... (http://smile.gif)
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Game on, your two queriers will be include. I dont have any time until the weekend though. Sure you can wait ;)
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Another question:Wine uses windows .dlls to reference to doesnt it? Do I need to install windows to copy them over, do the .dlls come with wine, can i copy them of my [shudder] xp install disc or have i got this completely wrong?
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Originally posted by Faust:
Another question:Wine uses windows .dlls to reference to doesnt it? Do I need to install windows to copy them over, do the .dlls come with wine, can i copy them of my [shudder] xp install disc or have i got this completely wrong?
The short answer is no, but I will answer it properly in the FAQ.
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he he... Koga wont be so sure that there is
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no fucking way that Linux even runs half life
when I fill him full of MP5 holes at the next LAN... :D
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Who is this 'koga' you speak of?
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just one of my
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k-r4d 1337 h4x0r d00dj0r
(lol) friends who wouldnt touch anything other than windows with a twenty foot pole. Hes not a noob, in fact hes pretty good with computers (i learnt a lot about networking and hardware installation from him) but he still wont touch linux.
(he doesnt post on this forum but he does a bit on the AWL forum at www.everythinglan.com (http://www.everythinglan.com))
[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: Faust ]
[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: Faust ]
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Read Chomsky and the like
who is this Chomsky in your signature?
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Ha ha my friend you have yet to discover Chomsky.
Noam Chomsky is this amazing author commenting on political issues. His main topics are America and Israel and I love to hear his work because he is an American Jew with vision!
He tells you how it is, as with all literary work he obviously has some slant/bias/aim but fortunately he thinks like me.
He is the main professor of linguistics at MIT (http://mit.edu) whcih gives him added bonus point beccause MIT has uber-coolness (http://smile.gif)
I cannot describe to you how good Chomsky's books are though I suggest you get to a book shop and read/buy his stuff. His work may not be distributing in OZ yet, but it is so popular in Europe and the US that you should be able to source some copies. Like I said ask at the book shop, they have probably had requests already.
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Originally posted by Tux:
3) Will void main and quirk add it into their respective FAQ/tip pages (it will make it decent)
I am sure that both Quirk and I will be more than happy to add it to our FAQ/tips. I was asked to do this and I do have it on my list but I have several other things that are higher on my personal priority list that I would like to document. So if you or anyone else wants to do a nice detailed && accurate FAQ page feel free. To go on my site I would like to try and follow the similar format that I have been using. Don't worry about the HTML part, I'll just wrap my HTML around it so it looks like the rest, I am more concered with things like pros/cons, references etc (sort of a teenieweenie howto).. But I'll certainly take whatever you give me.
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Good Good, I'll get started when time allows.
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Originally posted by void main:
I am sure that both Quirk and I will be more than happy to add it to our FAQ/tips. I was asked to do this and I do have it on my list but I have several other things that are higher on my personal priority list that I would like to document. So if you or anyone else wants to do a nice detailed && accurate FAQ page feel free. To go on my site I would like to try and follow the similar format that I have been using. Don't worry about the HTML part, I'll just wrap my HTML around it so it looks like the rest, I am more concered with things like pros/cons, references etc (sort of a teenieweenie howto).. But I'll certainly take whatever you give me.
All of this reminds me: copy all of Void's FAQs onto the MES FAQ! I'll make a special section called "Void's RH Tips" or "Void Main's Lonely Corner!" :D (http://smile.gif)
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Update:
I will be sending the WineX FAQ to Void Main and The Quirk sometime within the next two hours. (I have a few things to do before I can complete it)
I will also be adding a seperate 'installing nVidia drivers on RH8.0' thingy to void main at the same time because they are required for WineX.
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is there a compatability list for games?
does it supposrt non glide video drivers (like ati?)
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WineX is a commercial product. Why support it? Dump the questions on the people who make money off it...
Now, a Wine FAQ is something different of course.
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Change of plan.... will release it another day (like tomorrow)