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08-07-2003, 05:54 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2003
Posts: 16
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Wine making me drunk!
It is probably just me , but I am having "a good ole' time" trying to install wine. If you know any tricks to making the instillation process easier, or more understandable. I need some help , never installed a windows emulator. Thanks for the help.
- Stephen
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08-07-2003, 11:23 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
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the first trick is........
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tell us some of your problems...that is always the first trick with anything on this website...we can't help you when you dont' tell us whats wrong...
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08-07-2003, 11:52 PM
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Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Singapore
Distribution: Fedora Core 6
Posts: 647
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The trick is that, don't drink too much at a time.
Drink little by little, sip by sip and take a longer time.
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08-08-2003, 01:10 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
Distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
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Quote:
I need some help , never installed a windows emulator.
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WINE >> Wine is not an emulator
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08-08-2003, 01:19 AM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: you dont want to know
Distribution: Gentoo 2004.2, Slackware 10, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server
Posts: 348
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Never had much luck with wine... Not enough documentation for help. So instead, I got VMware... Works great!! Check it out at http://www.vmware.com/download/
For support http://www.vmware.com/support/
Hope I could help
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08-10-2003, 04:49 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Aug 2003
Posts: 3
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So I assume you r running Lnx as host? When I tried using WinXP Pro as Host, it turned into a BIG nightmare.....
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