Re: Debian workstation (desktop) solution
Hi,
for dvd ripping you could use dvdrip, this is in the debian multimedia repositories:
http://debian-multimedia.org/
for the games you can try wine or cedega, wine is in the repositories and cedega is commercial.
But beware, it's not always easy to get Windows games running on Linux.
Fortunately there are also some native Linux versions, like UnrealTournament, Quake4, Doom3, X2, etc.
Check out the Wine compatibility database at:
http://www.winehq.org/
Greetings,
vitaminx
2009/6/21 Fred Zinsli
<fred.zinsli@shooter.co.nz>
Hello all
I have been usind Debian for some years now, but exclusively as a server
platform.
My partner has a VISTA machine and she is always having problems with it.
No surprises there I guess.
I am wanting to offer her a Debian solution in pace of her windowz
solution but I thought I would ask some questions first.
Apart from the basic web surfing and email stuff I asked her what else she
really must be able to do.
They are:
1. Rip (copy) DVD movies. We copy every single movie we own and only play
the copied movie. This includes copywright movies. I won't get into the
discussion over copying our movies.
2. Play her games. They are all windowz based games like call of duty and
the like.
Can I meet the above requirements in either etch or lenny and if so can
someone please point me to where I can get the information to allow me to
setup the new platform to meet those requirements for her.
Many thanks in advance for any comments.
Regards
Fred
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