[Suteru]

about 90% of my PC-user friends use windower, trust me, it's a lot more used than you think.

[XaviarCraig]

Originally Posted by ImpactionActionHero

Windows was never meant to run on a Linux operating system, so while you think you're in open waters, SE might have sharks with lasers attached to their heads circling your boat.

WINE is not running windows within linux. It simply creates a compatibility layer for windows programs. If it was simply windows in linux, then windows drivers would work with it. However it doesnt even have a feature to install/use windows drivers. Therefore; not windows on linux.

PCs were never ment to run more than 1 program at a time.

The CPUs used in PCs today are heavily based off the 8088 CPUs which were only designed for DOS with 640KB of ram... Yes 640KB of ram.

Do either of these facts stop us from doing otherwise?

We use many pieces of technology for things they are not ment to be used for everyday whether you realize it or not.

Since WINE is a compatibility layer that can run ANY windows program(with modification), in order to make FFXI not work in it; SE would have to take away windows support entirely. WINE uses windows files to create the the layer.

Originally Posted by Kailea

oh thats pretty cool, good job on that ^.^ I will admit, I am not very good with Linux, basicly just because I am not used to it

It was not easy in anyway shape or form. Learning how to use linux while starting from an advanced distro has been a painful confusing process for me. Learning how WINE functions and why programs dont work correctly in it is even more confusing to learn. Only reason I understand some of it is because I actually know how most windows components work from 95 to server 03.

Maybe if I can get the process of getting FFXI working in WINE under 100 steps I will make a guide to doing it here.


NOTE: I have asked GMs about it, and they dont seem to care. One GM actually laughed and said if I was willing to go through that much trouble to get FFXI running in linux, maybe I deserve to be able to have it windowed!

[Kailea]

Originally Posted by Murphie

From merespeculation.com, I'd figure, since there couldn't possibly be any official numbers on that.

no I remember reading it some where.... although they could have been BSing as well :p

but really that number still sounds like a valid number, since most PC users multi task programs

[DakAttack]

Originally Posted by XaviarCraig

WINE is not running windows within linux. It simply creates a compatibility layer for windows programs. If it was simply windows in linux, then windows drivers would work with it. However it doesnt even have a feature to install/use windows drivers. Therefore; not windows on linux.

Compatability layer, whatever geeko, you know what I mean.

Playing games specifically developed for the Windows OS on Linux through l33t h4x and n1nj4 m4g1kz: NOT SUPPORTED

PCs were never ment to run more than 1 program at a time.

The process list in my task manager claims otherwise.

[Kailea]

ppppffff PCs where ment to only do one thing at a time? what PC are you useing?
PCs where built to runn as many thing as you can or want, pending on your hardware config, it was enver ment to run just one thing -.-

[soonk]

Originally Posted by XaviarCraig

PCs were never ment to run more than 1 program at a time.

that made me laugh so hard