You've already mentioned the two ways of getting the Windows games to work on linux.
More help could be given if we knew what programs that would be needed to be shoe-horned into Ubuntu. If your thinking of a PC, why not something like the ASUS Eee with Edubuntu installed? I can imagine one scenario where all her friends would like an Asus Eee too, as it has all the whizz-bang fun educational games. Just a thought. Good luck. Ciarán On Nov 14, 2007 9:50 AM, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am contemplating buying my 9 year old granddaughter a new PC for > Christmas. Presently, she has a fairly old PC and has been using Windows > both at home and at school. (I hear cries of shame). She is of course > familiar with Ubuntu when she uses my machine and it would be my > intention to wean her onto Ubuntu on her new machine. Where I need > advice is in selecting the best way to enable her to join in with her > classmates, if and when she may need to, with regard to such things as > educational games and suchlike which do not play on Linux. > > I know of Wine and Crossover Office but neither of these appear to be > what is needed. So, fellow Ubuntu users, what would you advise an old > codger to do. > > Norman > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
