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molkman
Owner of George Washington's Prototype Mittens

2005 May 2 • 2066
404 ₧

Is it possible to run certain Windows-programs on Linux? Or can you only use Linux specified software there?

LET LOVE REIGN

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2009 Aug 8 at 16:10 UTC

Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

2007 Oct 19 • 5486
57,583 ₧

There is a software package known as "Wine" that allows certain Windows executables to be run in a Linux environment. For instance I can play Diablo II on my Linux install but not Diablo I (it used to work but broke some time ago). Steam works, as do all Source-based games; the best thing to do would be to check the Wine Application Database for a list of programs and to what extent they work.

I give a little into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know)
That no-one's gonna turn me 'round
Just one more step, I could let go

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2009 Aug 8 at 18:44 UTC

phoenix_r

2009 May 13 • 905
17 ₧

Or if you're lame & lazy you can pay for Cedega, most especially if you just want to play games. Stick with WINE, though.

BOO

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2009 Aug 9 at 21:19 UTC

Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
159 ₧

Down Rodeo said:

For instance I can play Diablo II on my Linux install

Can you play it online as well?

...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.

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2009 Aug 10 at 15:41 UTC

Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

2007 Oct 19 • 5486
57,583 ₧

Not tried.

I give a little into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know)
That no-one's gonna turn me 'round
Just one more step, I could let go

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2009 Aug 13 at 22:41 UTC

Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
159 ₧

How the hell do you install diablo II LoD with wine? I go under Applications->Wine->Configure Wine->Add application->setup.exe (from the install disk) and OK and with that I do amazingly well in doing nothing at all.

...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.

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2009 Aug 16 at 19:43 UTC — Ed. 2009 Aug 16 at 19:45 UTC

Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

2007 Oct 19 • 5486
57,583 ₧

Hmmm. As far as I remember Diablo II autoran when I inserted the disk, though I could be telling lies. I've not tried installing the expansion though I have patched it successfully. You could try double clicking on the D II disc. If it autoruns, yay! If not, it should open an explorer window; look for a setup.exe in there or an autorun.exe. What distribution are you using?

I give a little into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know)
That no-one's gonna turn me 'round
Just one more step, I could let go

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2009 Aug 17 at 01:35 UTC

Mate de Vita
Kelli

2008 Oct 4 • 2453
159 ₧

Ubuntu 9.04

And if I try to run setup.exe, I get this error:

Quote:

[/media/cdrom1/setup.exe]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: /media/cdrom1/setup.exe may be a plain executable, not an archive
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/cdrom1/setup.exe or
/media/cdrom1/setup.exe.zip, and cannot find /media/cdrom1/setup.exe.ZIP, period.

EDIT: Oh, apparently I was trying to open it with an archive manager. I think it's going to work now.

EDIT2: Yup, works fine, now just have to patch it to 1.11b and try out the PlugY mod.

EDIT3: Yes, everything works like a charm.

...and that's the bottom line because Mate de Vita said so.

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2009 Aug 17 at 06:45 UTC — Ed. 2009 Aug 17 at 07:16 UTC

Down Rodeo
Cap'n Moth of the Firehouse

2007 Oct 19 • 5486
57,583 ₧

Glory.

I give a little into the moment like I'm standing at the edge (I know)
That no-one's gonna turn me 'round
Just one more step, I could let go

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2009 Aug 17 at 11:18 UTC

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