Abinash Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hey I want to run all the .EXE files of windows in MANDRIVA. Is it possible????????????? Is there ne emulator that can solve my problem OR window's application are NOT SUPPORTED by LINUX???? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Windows applications can't be "supported by Linux", except through an "emulator", because they are made specifically for Windows (I could explain in more detail, but I'm unsure of your level of understanding? no offense intended). You could try using WINE, but not all applications will run that way, some you'll just have to do without. You should, however, look into Linux equivalents, as most common applications have an equivalent. Edited May 15, 2008 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 As tyme said, there are many equivalent, and a lot of times better applications that are native to Linux that might work for you. Wine works for some, not well for others. It's very situational. Perhaps if you let us know which program you wanted to run, we might be able to point you in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abinash Posted May 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is there any software for virtualising CD or DVD iso???? for example Deamon tools in case of Windows...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=11577 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 (edited) Is there any software for virtualising CD or DVD iso????for example Deamon tools in case of Windows...... it's built into the OS, as root: mount -o loop cdimage.iso /mnt/dir (cdimage.iso being your image file, /mnt/dir being whatever directory you want to mount it to) Edited May 16, 2008 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Is there any software for virtualising CD or DVD iso???? If you want to use a gui instead of the cli, you could install kiso from the repos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 There a are a few image managers / drive emulators for Linux. If you're using KDE, then the one with the more bells and whistles is AcetoneISO But, if you expect from it to emulate and eventually play copyprotected windows games under Linux, then I'm sorry, but it won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abinash Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 But, if you expect from it to emulate and eventually play copyprotected windows games under Linux, then I'm sorry, but it won't happen. So is it possible to play games meant for windows in LINUX??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Maybe with Cedaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 (edited) Cedega might play some, Wine might play others. Wine is free, last I used it Cedega was not. I would say it depends on the game. Check the Wine Application Database and see what other people are saying about the software you are trying to run. Edited May 17, 2008 by liquidzoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 (edited) Best chance is Cedega (which is wine specially hacked to run certain games), second one is wine, and third one is VMWare (the latter has only basic DirectX support). VMWare has a free version, wine is GPL/free, but Cedega is not. Edited May 17, 2008 by scarecrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abinash Posted May 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 i want to run crysis can i run it in Linux I have it's ISO image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 i want to run crysiscan i run it in Linux I have it's ISO image http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?...on&iId=5880 Looks like Wine might run it. You will have to install Wine, which I believe is in one if the Mandriva repos. If you have followed the Easy Urpmi site, you can open a terminal, su to root and type urpmi wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 I wouldn't put much hope to get it running. It's a modern, fairly demanding game, using DirectX10 rendering, and even windows boxes with DirectX 9c support its graphics only partly. More than that, only 64-bit windows are officially supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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