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Old 05-22-2006, 05:31 PM   #1
A Debian Newbie
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Half-Life 2, StarCraft & F.E.A.R. for Debian?


Hi!!, as my name says, I have downloaded Debian just a week ago, and I have some serious problems about installing stuff, but I'm masodistic and I like it that way , my office pc is in Debian, and my home pc is in Windows XP, but I'm thinking in installing Debian for my home pc and play my 3 favorite games, BUT, i don't know if they work for Debian or not... I haven't and I won't try to install them in my office pc, becouse it's for work, AND is a VERY weak pc (Celeron 500 MHZ, 96 megs RAM), so PLZ ANSWER ME!!!

Oh!, and before I forget, is there a Debian version for MSN Messenger?, CHEERS!!!
 
Old 05-23-2006, 12:40 AM   #2
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You can't install Windows programs (games or otherwise) under Linux as is. For games, you'll have to try Cedega.

There are several clients with which you can use MSN: Gaim, Kopete and aMSN are a few.

You can probably get all this software using Debian's package manager, which is called APT. Here is a Wikipedia article about APT.
 
Old 05-23-2006, 05:02 PM   #3
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Playing Windows games on Debian...

Hi!!, I'm not a total newbie now but I still have my questions, and this is one of them...

My question is, I've posted a question yesterday (see it to know what I'm talking about), and a nice person told me that to play my windows games on Debian, I have to use Cedega, BUT Cedega is not FREE..., what else can I use that can play the same way my games that I play them on Windows... but free?
 
Old 05-23-2006, 05:16 PM   #4
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Use Windows? Games are pretty much the only reason I keep Windows. Otherwise, not sure what to suggest. Maybe search LQ, but I guess most posts will point to Cedega.
 
  


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