[plug] vmware, wine, and win4lin (brief) questions

[Mark]

Ari Finander wrote:
> 
> Do either vmware or win4lin offer a 'free for personal use' version,

No 'free for personal use' for any vm and win4lin offer trial versions.

> or is wine the only way to go for the free emulator?  

Yes

Do any of the
> three support DirectX?  Is there a way to play windows games that
> require DirectX using one of these emulators?

All do in parts you will need to test the games against them to find
out.


> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ari
> 
> Original message from: skribe <skribe at amber.com.au>
> >
> >On Fri,  4 May 2001 21:44, Mark Nold wrote:
> >
> >> Has any body got IE5.5 working under linux with Wine or Win4Lin
> (are there
> >> alternatives?)
> >
> >Yes, with Win4Lin. It's not a problem.  Win4Lin rocks.
> >
> >skribe
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