In Linux, no one can hear you Wine

[Lawrence Tilly]

On 3/25/06, Tom Buskey <tom at buskey.name> wrote:>
> On 3/25/06, Fred <puissante at lrc.puissante.com> wrote:
> > On Saturday 25 March 2006 00:00, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > > "Lawrence Tilly" <mail.list.tilly at gmail.com> writes:
> > > > I turn to you all in desperate hope that someone can offer some aid in
> > > > a few issues I'm having with Wine.  I have talked to a few people and
> > > > been doing a LOT of Google time and reading but it seems for so many
> > > > people Wine "just works" now days.  Once again, I'm exceptional.  :-)
> > >
> > > It's good to know that *nothing* has changed in the 10+ year
> > > development of Wine :) *EVERY* time I've bothered to try Wine, I'll
> > > get *almost* to where I want to be, and then BLAMMO, it blows up in my
> > > face.  Google reports no such problem had by any other person on the
> > > planet, and in fact just the opposite, everyone else has Wine working
> > > just fine :)
> > >
> > > My how times don't change ;)
> >
> > Win4Lin works better than Wine. Alas, it's not FOSS. Not to mention a bit
> > slow, but you do get to run full-blown Windows on it. Paid $100 for it.
>
> VMware does USB.  The Reader is free so you can run images someone else
> created.  I can't imagine anyone giving out free windows images but there is
> a trial period for the Workstation which can create images that reader can
> use.
>
> Last I tried Win4Lin it was a bit faster then VMware at the time.  YMMV

I actually OWN a copy of W95 and W98 which I would happily run under a
VM but have never talked to anyone about an appropriate method for
that.  I am not familiar with a free VM though that I could install
either of these into.  If I was going to put out any significant $ at
this time though ( like a Win4Lin or VMWare license ), I would
probably just buy a subscription of Cedega ( TransGaming ) since games
are the only Windoze-only feature I have any interrest in.  However,
I'm really hoping to avoid spending money to support such old, basic
games.  When I get the time to start messing with some of my more
modern ( post 2000 ) games that may change.

I guess I'll continue to poke around with Wine when I have chances.  I
would be interrested to know if ANYONE here is using Wine for running
older Win-based games and if so, does sound work for you?  A couple
"yes" answers would keep me encourgaged enough to put some heart into
it.   ;-)