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

[Richard Sharpe]

At 07:45 PM 5/5/01 +0800, Mark wrote:
>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

Ummm, no, there is always bochs, or Plex86, I think it is ... www.plex86.org

>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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