Linux

Lonesome Ducky · Post by **Lonesome Ducky** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:47 pm

I was thinking of trying out ubuntu linux, but there is one thing i want to know: will it play games that run on windows?

JRowe47 · Post by **JRowe47** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:42 pm

What you're looking for is an ubuntu compatible WINdows Emulator (WINE), like you'll find here: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=WI ... gle+Search

I don't know of any programs specifically that can't be run on Linux, but I do know that some are a pain in the arse to set up. Anyway, even if they are a pain in the arse, the more popular a program, the more likely it is that some geek, somewhere, has posted a guide online that tells how to run it on Linux

BTW, WINE makes things possible, but sometimes it's tedious. There's a learning curve involved, but I'd say it's worthwhile.

Lonesome Ducky · Post by **Lonesome Ducky** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:55 pm

So, can I set up ubuntu as a dual boot with vista?

rooly · Post by **rooly** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:57 pm

yep. you sure can

i personally use wine and cedega together. i use cedega for my games and wine for everything else windows. you'll get arond 80% compatibility that way.

Lonesome Ducky · Post by **Lonesome Ducky** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:05 pm

Better than my vista!
BTW, do you guys no anything about dual booting wiht ubuntu and vista? Because ubuntu is not noticing that vista exists.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:27 pm

dunno which boot manager ubuntu uses (lilo, grub), but you gotta chainload into windows' NTLDR to boot into windows

i dual boot gentoo and vista on my notebook, just a simple entry in the boot loader

BlindSide · Post by **BlindSide** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:57 am

Ubuntu uses GRUB. It should have no problem noticing Vista though... Read up on editing grub files, maybe someone here can post up the snippet for booting into a windows-like os like chi described.

blizboy4 · Post by **blizboy4** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:14 pm

I use it and all you have to do is go through the setup tell it to share the hard drive then when your done the dual boot is automaticly set up.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 5:48 pm

BlindSide wrote:Ubuntu uses GRUB. It should have no problem noticing Vista though... Read up on editing grub files, maybe someone here can post up the snippet for booting into a windows-like os like chi described.

lol, "like chi described"

i was going to do it last night while I was working on my notebook, but i forgot. i'll put it up tonight when I get home

FlyingIsFun1217 · Post by **FlyingIsFun1217** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:12 am

I dual boot a xubuntu and vista machine.
If you need any specific help, tell me

FlyingIsFun1217

TheRLG · Post by **TheRLG** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:16 pm

JRowe47 wrote: WINdows Emulator (WINE)

Just to be clear, WINE Is Not an Emulator!

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:24 pm

oops, i forgot it again

anyway, here's the grub entry I use on my notebook, in my case I have the drive in 4 partitions (boot with grub, linux swap, ntfs, ext3)

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title=Windows Vista
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
makeactive
chainloader +1