[GLLUG] Windows to Linux Networking

[Jo Dillon]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Szumlinski" <szumlins@msu.edu>
To: "Nu Hertz" <nuhertz@yahoo.com>
Cc: <linux-user@egr.msu.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Windows to Linux Networking


> Samba for filesharing (http://www.samba.org/), games should work fine if
> they support
> tcp/ip.  I haven't tried playing via IPX or anything.  Wine will let you
> run most Windoze games fine too (http://www.winehq.com).

  Errr, not really. If they use Direct3D (which virtually any game will
unless it's something like Command and Conquer that only uses 2d graphics)
then they won't run with Wine. WineX (costs money, from
Transgaming) will support 3d for certain specific games.

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    Jo