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Can I run my Windows programs, such as Cakewalk or Egames on this
Linux?
Does it have that really cool Sodokan game that it had in 2002?
Thanks
teak
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:08:32 -0700 (PDT), teak wrote:
> Can I run my Windows programs, such as Cakewalk or Egames on this
> Linux?
wine is the application to install to execute programs residing on the
doze partition(s).
It is possible to install windows in a Linux virtual environment
http://vmware.com
> Does it have that really cool Sodokan game that it had in 2002?
A quick check in the package list for Sodokan did not return any hits.
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:01:07 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:08:32 -0700 (PDT), teak wrote:
>> Can I run my Windows programs, such as Cakewalk or Egames on this
>> Linux?
>
> wine is the application to install to execute programs residing on the
> doze partition(s).
Check the list at www.winehq.org to see if they are known to run.
> It is possible to install windows in a Linux virtual environment
> http://vmware.com
>
>> Does it have that really cool Sodokan game that it had in 2002?
>
> A quick check in the package list for Sodokan did not return any hits.
Try "sokoban" instead.
On 14 Mar 2008 20:49:21 +0100, marksouth wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:01:07 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:08:32 -0700 (PDT), teak wrote:
>>
>>> Does it have that really cool Sodokan game that it had in 2002?
>>
>> A quick check in the package list for Sodokan did not return any hits.
>
> Try "sokoban" instead.
sokoban not in main, contrib, plf package names for 2007, 2008 releases.
Bit Twister wrote:
> sokoban not in main, contrib, plf package names for 2007, 2008 releases.
It's in the kdegames package.
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:45:37 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
> On 14 Mar 2008 20:49:21 +0100, marksouth wrote:
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:01:07 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:08:32 -0700 (PDT), teak wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does it have that really cool Sodokan game that it had in 2002?
>>>
>>> A quick check in the package list for Sodokan did not return any hits.
>>
>> Try "sokoban" instead.
>
> sokoban not in main, contrib, plf package names for 2007, 2008 releases.
# urpmf sokoban|grep bin/
kdegames:/usr/bin/ksokoban
kdegames4:/opt/kde4/bin/ksokoban
Once again KDE has bitten an experienced user by renaming every freaking
thing with a "k". YAR to dislike KDE.
Gene (e-mail: gene \a\t eracc \d\o\t com)
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