try compiling wine and virtualbox? I can't think of many other reasons to do it.

Just don't waste time trying to compile zsnes. I couldn't find anyway to do it short of creating a chroot environment of only 32 bit libs and programs. Even then it didn't work too well on slackware... I think because the slackbuilds for nvidia drivers don't install 32 bit drivers. I did manage to load the application but it crashes when trying to change resolution.

I think I can honestly say I haven't run windows in about six years, maybe even longer. All I use now is Linux, accompanied by Wine. As I've written, I really wish more people would use Wine and contribute to it's development. But that's just me.

Shingoshi

I don't think I can say that I have insomnia. But I do keep really weird hours. I live in the states, but live as though I were in Europe. It's after midnight here now, and I likely won't go to bed for a while to come. So I like you, sit here writing code and my blog in between.

My sense of accomplishment today came from finally writing a script to create slack-desc files from text I've copied from the internet. That thing eluded me for so long, it's simply crazy. But now, it works. And I moved on to something else, and got that to work too. Used while and shift for the first time. Seen them before, but never really got around to using them.

Well at least you have a TV. Have a good weekend.

Shingoshi

XP Pro can get a little fat when you get all the multi media players and security updates. Mine on my laptop is about 11 meg and my document files are only at about 2 meg. I have not tried windows 7 and probably will not. From what I have read if you have to run windows XP is still the best version.

Well a full Slackware install will take up ~4GB? Unless you already have a notebook that is running only on Slackware, or any other distro you could try your hand and see how Linux works out for you on a notebook. Try getting hibernate to work, power management, etc. Plenty of ways to keep yourself on your toes, and equally challenged. Good hunting!