Dapper Dan

They just came out with winex3.2, and judging from the performance boost I've gotten while running Trespasser, there are significant differences for the better between it and winex3.1. Maybe download 3.2 and try again. You might get similar improvements.

I'm afraid it doesn't sound good for XP to me.. When it got to the part where the install asks if you want to auto partition or partition yourself, what did you do? Also, when the bootloader screen comes up is there only the choice of redhat there?

If you install RH 9, and choose the option to install everything, you willl then be installing both Gnome and KDE. On first boot, the log in screen will come up, giving you the option of using either the Gnome or the KDE desktop environment. Both have a lot of the same and a lot of different options and programs. You can easily run the background image of your choice with both.

If I'm understanding your question, You can have both KDE and Gnome when installing Red Hat 9. If you have the drive space for it, I've found the best way to install first time is to install everything. The RH 9 install will give you that option. Fedora, Mandrake, Redhat 9, and many modern distros have a pretty straight forward graphical installation, which to me, is easier than a Windows install. I wouldn't reccommend trying to install Debian if this is your first attempt. It's a text based install and not easy. I've tried to install Debian 5 times and finally gave up! Even with a graphical install, it may take 2 or three tries until you get your system set up the way you want it. Be sure to create a seperate partition for /home, so you can save your valuable files and preferences there from install to install.

Good Luck!

When I bought "Linux for Dummies" it had included a copy of RH 7 point something..

There shouldn't be a problem with the Linksys router. Check here for what will work with it and what won't. If you can't get that usb adapter to work, here's a good alternative which linux-wlan.org says uses prism "drivers" that work with Linux.

as root- rpm -e wine20031118.athlon.rpm ..to install winex- rpm -Uvh winex3-3.1-1.i386.rpm or winex3-3.2-whatever version you have.

Click on the link above where I first mention it. I think it cost around $90.00 now. For us, it has been well worth it. No more dual booting! I would still have a look at Crossover office though. You can download a trial version to see if it will install and run your particular apps.

psion, I use Win4lin/Windows98SE to install games, (Half-Life, Starcraft, Trespasser, etc.) and then run them using Winex from Linux. Too bad you couldn't download the free version of Knoppix. Oh well, anticipation can be exiting though!

I don't really know Windows very well, but as I understand it, Win4lin will run Windows that is 98 based. It won't run the "new" Windows versions that XP is a part of.

danleff, I also give high marks to Crossover office. It's well worth the price when running certain Windows applications. It runs Quicken really well, but we had trouble getting it to run Quickbooks Pro 2000. Since we already had an old copy of Windows 98 that was no longer installed, I had a look at Win4lin. It's pretty neat in that you can install Windows to run right from your Linux desktop, and it runs Quickbooks, and just about every other Windows program I've tried, very well. The best part is, it seldom if ever crashes! We've been using it over a year now to run Quickbooks and I think it has given us only two, "..you have performed an illegal operation(s)." Psion, If you have an old copy of Windows lying around, you may want to consider Win4lin as an option to run those programs.

Psion, if you just want to see if Linux itself will work on your laptop without regards to distro, A real uncomplicated way to do that is to download one of the cd based distros, set your bios to boot first from cd, and fire it up. Most modern cd based distros are pretty good about detecting hardware and finding the correct modules, and running from cd will not endanger what is presently installed to your HD. Knoppix, which is Debian based, is the most popular. I particularly like Morphix 4.1 (based on Knoppix), which found and configured all but one piece of hardware on my wife's Toshiba Satellite laptop. After seeing everything would work, (other than the winmodem which we don't use anyway..), I installed it to hard drive, and it continues to run perfectly. http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=cd

I always liked Eroaster when I was using Mdk 9. Simple to use interface with drag and drop. I been having problems trying to get it running with RH 9 though. Others you may want to look at.. Gnome toaster Xcdroast By the way Kanniball, I tried K3b about a year ago. It looks like they've really been working on it! The interface looks cleaner and more understandable. I downloaded it via apt. To run it as user, it says I need to run k3b setup. That's the same as configure k3b right? What do you do to set it for regular user? Thanks!

Ya got all that brandonike?

I've had pretty good luck building workable Linux workstations out of old computer parts. I have one I built for $51.00, which runs an old pentium "socket 8." The fan is pretty loud, but it runs great with a minimal install of Mandrake 9 with X windows. Give that ATI box a try, it might suprise you!

Hi brandonike, me again... If it's integrated, I'm not sure, but I have an old ATI mach 64 PCI running on a "work station" under RH 9 right now! It's been a while, but I seem to recall I did have a few minor troubles with it. I think it was just a matter of running xf86config and telling it what screen resolutions I wanted. If you can budget for it, a good ol' Nvidia is always the best choice when running Linux in my opinion..

"Failsafe" runs in "X" and gives you a terminal to run commands from. With winex3 already installed, first go to the directory where your game's executable is by typing for instance... cd /home/brandon/mygamesdirectory and press enter. Then... winex3 mygame.exe You may run into issues with your particular game that have already been discussed on the Transgaming forums.

Unless you personally know someone who knows Linux, The way to learn is through research, looking at online manuals, trial and error, and asking on boards like this. Anyone who has learned Linux will tell you that Google is your best friend! Also go to LinuxQuestions.org and look for answers there. Honestly, coming from a Windows environment, Linux can be really frustrating in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it, you'll never go back!

A bare Slackware install would be good, although a bare Mandrake install would work fine as well. If you are new to Linux, go with Mandrake over Slack.

I use IceWM instead of either Gnome or KDE. It is lightweight and very fast. Fluxbox, another GUI, is all the rage now and in my estimation is a little faster and less cpu intensive than Icewm. Half-Life and it's mods, Team Fortress, Starcraft and Trespasser work very well on my box using winex3. If you need even less cpu, you can always sign in with Failsafe, and run a game from xterm in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. It's going to be real hit and miss, and mostly disappointing trying to run games with regular wine. You can run so many more games with winex3, many flawlessly.

Winex is a special gaming version of wine. It is not free, but can be used for a nominal fee charged by Transgaming.

...and your choice of an operating system depends on it's ability to run fritz 8? http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=932

My Dell 4550 came with a high dollar Turtle Beach card I could never get to sound right. I also programed another new Dell with onboard sound that wouldn't work. If you can't get yours to work, an inexpensive and effective solution is to just buy an off the shelf Soundblaster. RH 9 will confiure it for you! I'm very pleased with mine.

Assuming you already have a windows installation, you can reduce the "C" partition enough to create an empty space to install Linux. I've never seen the Lycoris install so I don't know if it includes a simple partitioning tool or not. If not, Partition magic 8 works good in Windows to create a space for your Linux.