[H-GEN] Re: X locks up desktop, even with live cds

[Troy Piggins]

* Stephen Thorne is quoted & my replies are inline below :
> 
> On 3/1/07, Anthoy Irwin <anthony at server101.com> wrote:
> >Have you tried out cedega. You can get quite a lot of the latest games
> >working with cedega and they have come a long way with making it
> >easier to use.
> 
> I've used Wine and its derivatives to play games under linux, where
> "fully supported" for a game might mean that you can play all through
> the game and its expansion (starcraft), you can play provided you
> don't mind you mouse looking like it's moving through treacle
> (fallout2) or it will get to the loading screen, possibly start the
> first level and then crash if you blink (most other games).

I played Half-Life and Counter-Strike through wine and the
performance was better than through Windows.  I was getting
higher FPS.

> I got so shat off that I obtained a tv tuner card and a nintendo
> gamecube. I've never looked back, games that "just work" when you
> stick a disc in and turn the device on aren't fictional. They're a
> reality that non-wine gamers don't even know exists.

You plug your gamecube into your computer?  Hehe.  Never thought
of that.  What's wrong with your TV?

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