> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom F. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 3:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Running .exe files on RH8 > > > Is there any way to run .exe files on RH8? If not, how do I install > Windows games? >
Generally speaking, you don't. Completely different operating systems, filesystem structures, memory management, etc. *nix systems in general don't rely on the M$ convention of file name suffixes to determine what the file is (i.e. *.exe = executable), which is a relic from the old 8.3 file name limitations, which hasn't been an issue in *nix systems for many years, AFAIK). That said, there are some ways to work around this. Either use an emulator such as Virtual PC, or VMWare that actually runs a full version of a 'guest' operating system on the host machine, in a virtual sandbox (so when the game causes the M$ OS to crap itself, it doesn't affect the host machine at all), or there is the Wine Project (Commercial equivalent is the CodeWeavers CrossOver plugin $25) that allows you to run some Windows programs on Linux. Not every program works w/ this approach, and in either case, games tend to push the envelope the hardest, making them the least likely to work correctly. Good luck, Monte -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
