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It would be nice if I could get Reversi from Windows XP working again. On the internet I see people have got it working for later versions of Windows, but getting it working under Wine in Linux is probably much more difficult or impossible.
Reversi was part of the built-in suite of games provided in XP by Microsoft. You play online against real people.
I have tried several versions of Reversi or Othello where the computer is the opponent, but none of them are as enjoyable as playing against a real person. They are either too easy or too hard.
It would be nice if I could get Reversi from Windows XP working again. On the internet I see people have got it working for later versions of Windows, but getting it working under Wine in Linux is probably much more difficult or impossible.
Reversi was part of the built-in suite of games provided in XP by Microsoft. You play online against real people.
I have tried several versions of Reversi or Othello where the computer is the opponent, but none of them are as enjoyable as playing against a real person. They are either too easy or too hard.
In my experience, it is usually easier to get XP era games going than anything more recent. For example, I still play Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, and Cossacks, and they work almost flawlessly on Wine. The only likely issue with Reversi, is that it was a built in game, rather than one which was installed. I would imagine that there are few dependencies, so it might just be a case of finding registry keys.
In my experience, it is usually easier to get XP era games going than anything more recent. For example, I still play Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, and Cossacks, and they work almost flawlessly on Wine. The only likely issue with Reversi, is that it was a built in game, rather than one which was installed. I would imagine that there are few dependencies, so it might just be a case of finding registry keys.
The built-in Windows games were compiled against the versions they were included in, they're not portable even within Windows. I know people who've tried to run the games from Windows XP in 98 or Windows 7 and vice versa, they don't work. They're linked to DLLs specific to that version.
The built-in Windows games were compiled against the versions they were included in, they're not portable even within Windows. I know people who've tried to run the games from Windows XP in 98 or Windows 7 and vice versa, they don't work. They're linked to DLLs specific to that version.
My point was more that Wine is a closer fit to 32 bit Windows XP than any other version. Some of those games that I mentioned, are actually more difficult to get running on Windows 8 or 10 than they are on Wine. You are of course right on DLLs, but they will be system DLLs, rather than things like directx etc., so as long as you can actually find out which DLLs they are, wine either has replacements, or you can use the originals from an XP disk.
I know it would be a pain to do, but if you really want to get it working, try installing XP in a virtualbox (or similar) environment, WITHOUT games. Then install an advanced uninstaller, followed by installing reversi, with the advanced uninstaller monitoring it. You have a vague chance of it being able to pick up which DLLs AND Registry keys it uses. Where possible, use Wine's DLLs.
Thanks, but that list is out of date. There is no Sophos Anti-Virus for personal Linux desktop. Comodo doesn't work on Debian based distros because Comodo wants you to use an older version of SSL with all it's security vulnerabilities. In the Wiki it's out of date where there is nothing for Linux, but I will keep looking. Thanks anyway.
I don't run m$ nor try to compare apples( or cars) and oranges, a keyboard can make ten things happen without looking before anyone could click through... but that's off topic.
Do you dual boot with microcoughed or just go sady places with GNU\Linux? I'm sure I've had an intruder or two over my years with it but I wouldn't consider that a virus?
Synaptic has some hits but I'm good with just script blocking and trusted sources.
I don't run m$ nor try to compare apples( or cars) and oranges, a keyboard can make ten things happen without looking before anyone could click through... but that's off topic.
Do you dual boot with microcoughed or just go sady places with GNU\Linux? I'm sure I've had an intruder or two over my years with it but I wouldn't consider that a virus?
Synaptic has some hits but I'm good with just script blocking and trusted sources.
I like experimental versions of all my software, runs the way I want( most of the time ). Here in stretch\sid shows ClamTK 0.99.2+dfsg-5 if that may help?
I like experimental versions of all my software, runs the way I want( most of the time ). Here in stretch\sid shows ClamTK 0.99.2+dfsg-5 if that may help?
I prefer to get my software from Debian Stable MX-16 Stable. I have ClamTk 5.11. So far so good.
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