On Tuesday 09 February 2010 13:03, Mark Wallace wrote: ... > The programs that I am talking about were written for Windows 95, reduce > the screen resolution when they start and probably he wouldn't know the > difference.
Wine is often a good solution for running old Windows9x games. > They have a copy protect on them so that they only run with > the CD in the drive. I tried to speed up their running in Wine by > copying the cd contents to the drive, but the program kept looking for > the drive, anyway. That's typical. There are sometimes "nocd cracks" available to get around this kind of problem for legally owned software. ... > But that pentium 2 system would run the current distro of Linux, just > very slowly. I am tempted to put Ubuntu in it instead, use it for word > processing, and send him into his sister's room for the old games. Actually I'd be surprised if the latest Ubuntu still ran on a Pentium 2. For starters the text-based alternate install requires a minimum of 256 MB to install, and AFAIK the latest Ubuntu does not carry older proprietary video drivers (ATI, Nvidia) that you may or may not need. You might want to use an older copy of Ubuntu if you try it. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements -- Chris Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
