Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:25:26 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi I have a suggestion! To Imporve the perfect Freebsd! Message-ID: <200403281325.26306.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200403282118.21371.jorn@wcborstel.nl> References: <20040328190936.97194.qmail@web60806.mail.yahoo.com> <200403282118.21371.jorn@wcborstel.nl>
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On Sunday 28 March 2004 01:18 pm, Jorn Argelo wrote: > The idea is alright, but Wine is far from perfection. In fact, many large > programs and 3D applications won't even run with wine. Why? First because > it's still in Alpa fase. Secocond, they depend on DirectX, and Wine only > emulates the API part of Windows. You could use WineX, but that is an > commercial program, so it cannot be shipped with FreeBSD. Third, Microsoft > constantly changes the API code, and sometimes they don't publish > documentation regarding the code. > > Besides, who needs Windows programs anyway? You have everything you want > for free, except for games. > > Cheers, > > Jorn. > ... and games ought to be played on a games console (PS/2, X-Box, etc.) -- Best regards, Chris
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