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| Username | Mhaug  |
| Real Name | Martyn Fletcher |
| Rank | Apprentice Member |
| Joined | December 19, 2003 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 46 |
| Location | Basingstoke, United Kingdom |
| Last Visit | July 26, 2008 |
| Post Count | 1 |
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I've just updated my PC to Opensuse 11.0 (an excellent OS) and with Virtualbox from http://www.virtualbox.org I'm running Windows XP for any of those games I can't be without but are troublesome on Linux. I've installed and am currently updating Lotro through the virtualbox/XP setup and it seems to be going well. I'll report back if I get any problems but for all intents and purposes I'm running the game on an XP machine, so it should just work.
For those purist out there who balk at the idea of running Windows in any form, you are unfortunately left with the likes of Wine from http://www.winehq.org, Cedega from http://www.transgaming.com or Crossover from http://www.codeweavers.com/products. Forgive me if I missed any. These solutions try to run the games without the need for a (true) windows instalation at all, while Virtualbox needs a fully licenced version of windows to be installed onto a virtaul PC. After that, it runs within Linux and at the very least removes the necessity to dual boot. Oh... and it's free!
I hope that helps a little.
EDIT:
Something I forgot to mention in the first instance is that you have to make sure that your graphics and sound systems are set up correctly before installing games into your virtual XP, otherwise they won't find the resources they're looking for. I found a lot of help here... http://forums.virtualbox.org
Now I'm going back to getting beaten up by Wargs.
- Posted: 7/26/08 9:42 AM
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