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  1. Well, it's about 2 month's old, but my friend Raiderfox wrote one <a href="http://shadow-wolf.cjb.net/linux/kazaa.shtml">How To: Kazaa Lite</a>. The transcript is as follows:

     

    Written by: raiderfox

    Date of creation: 06/15/03, 3:12pm est

    Guide: Installing and running Kazaa Lite 2.1.0 build 3 via wine

     

    Before we begin notes:

    Before considering running Kazaa Lite on Linux, you should check out a native program, like giFT. It'll save you some headaches in the long run. Also, please keep in mind that this is what worked for me. There are several guides out there for running various versions of Kazaa Lite via wine, but none of them worked for me. Also, so you know what kind of system I have:

     

    Processor: Intel Pentium 4: 2ghz

    Graphics Processor: Nvidia GeForce 4 Ti4600: 4x agp, 128mb

    Sound Processor: Onboard Intel sound

    Ram: 512mb RDram

    48x DVD-rom

    32x/24x/12x CDR/W

    Distrobution: SuSE Linux 8.2 Personal - Kernel 2.4.20

    Wine: Compiled from source; 20030508 (yes SuSE comes with an rpm version of wine, but I prefer to compile it)

     

     

    First things first: get the files.

    You'll need to get the installer, (which you can get at http://kazaalite.tk) as well as some native M$ windows DLLs, (I used Windows 98SE, your milage may vary otherwise) which you can obtain from http://www.drd.dyndns.org.

     

    What you need:

    commctrl

    comctrl32

    shdocvw

    shdoclc

    shlwapi

    rasapi32

    msvcrt

    urlmon

    wininet

     

    There'll probably be a few of these files already in your ../(fake_)windows/system directory, which you should store in a safe place for a rainy day or whatever. What I did was create a subdirectory in ../(fake_)windows/system called Dll_orig and moved the dlls that I already have that had the same name in there.

    After you've downloaded and stored the dll's in the system directory, go find your Wine registry config file. For me, this is ~/.wine/config.

     

    Add these lines to your registry:

     

    [AppDefaultskazaalite.kppDllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaultskpp.exeDllOverrides]

    "comctrl32" = "native"

    "comdlg32" = "native"

    "rasapi32" = "native"

    "msvcrt" = "native"

    "shdoclc" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

    "urlmon" = "native"

    "wininet" = "native"

     

    [AppDefaultsklitekpp210b3e.exeDllOverrides]

    "commctrl" = "native"

    "comctl32" = "native"

    "shdocvw" = "native"

    "shlwapi" = "native"

     

    (also, make sure your Wine winver is set to win98)

     

    Ready to Install!

    cd into the directory where you downloaded the kazaa lite installer, and run it like you would any other windows program via wine - "wine klitekpp210b3e.exe". When you get to the part of selecting what to install, remove all the unnecesary components. (I haven't tested any of the componnents, so I can't verify if it [the extra components] works or not) Also, when you get to the part of having the option of launching the program or configurator, don't (again, untested). After the install closes, you should then be able to run Kazaa Lite. cd into the directory it was installed in, and type "wine kpp.exe", and voila! It's buggy and fairly slow, but the search and transfer tabs work (albeit distrorted), as well as the system tray icon, under KDE. Enjoy!

  2. I was curious if Mandrake would add Gnome 2.4 to the next release canidate? Why you ask.... Gnome 2.3.5 is a test version of 2.4, and since 2.4 is complete it would make sense that they added it.....

  3. Nope, they are fine Dolson, but I am going to write my own. One thing I found out while writing a new Starcraft How To is that a lot of the tutorial's are outdated as in "--winver win95".... it doesnt work because the "--winver" option is gone. But thanks anyway. I might use them as a source, but I am not going to copy them.

  4. *sigh*

    Guess I will have to wait for Wine to catch up. They seem to be doing pretty good with Direct X considering that havent been tryingt o port Direct X for very long (or as long as Transgaming).

     

    **Note: I dont not like Transgaming

  5. Hey,

    I have a small problem, my old Gateway Select PC (AMD Athlon 1.0Ghz T-Bird) has an unusal disk controller (no idea what it is) (locks at INIT Version 2.84), and so far I have only found two releases that work well on it. Mandrake 7.2 and Red Hat 7.3. But recently that complicated even more by the fact that it has an ATI 9000 PRO graphics card in it and XFree gets and error saying that it refreshes too fast. Anyway, I have heard that Knoppix should be able to run the the computer (going to try that tonight), but is there and non-live based distrobased off of Knoppix, or is there a way for me to fix RH 7.3?

     

    Thanks.

  6. ..just think what would have happend if Mandrake DIDNT fork from Red Hat....

     

    Back on topic. Typipcally once people are doing something for money and no longer because they enojy it, the project suffers, and tends to die. I think it was a good idea to fork gentoo. I like the portage system, and well, there needed to be another Distro with it. IMO I would like the fork to have a more user firendly install....

     

    ....ok stick a fork in me I am done.....

  7. Yea, thanks... thats going to help, but still there are other games.... like Red Alert and Starcraft that I have found for How-To's for linux, which are not on the list. I mean, I am looking for all games, new and old. I read the list on Linux COmpatable, but it's so full of WineX it's not funny. But if you know of anymore let me know

  8. ** dons flame proof armor **

     

    The article pretty much relies on the fact that the judge upholds the GPL and isnt blinded by SCO's song and dance. There is always a possiblity that liunx will be hurt. Hell look at SCO in Japan warning them to be afraid of linux..... right after the Japanese government decides to use linux to do payroll. Butthe fact is that linux has already be delt a blow, but I think we have seen the worst of it so far, and SCO go bankrupt (with the way they have acted, their buisness practice looks shady, and well no buisness like a shady partner

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