Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 14:36:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> To: marcos alves <noidmvp@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports request Message-ID: <1349559367.85742.YahooMailNeo@web110514.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAFx2ko7u7rNKSr0nvt-p49c%2BdCRNOOvrpOhk%2BMbMEbfw3pWRg@mail.gmail.com> References: <1349495564.97529.YahooMailNeo@web110513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <CADLo83_yd7z2dO0Q4gW2GK=s%2BE=cpn9_XMOeUBMQMspEbQA%2BPw@mail.gmail.com> <1349532880.5988.YahooMailNeo@web110510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <CAAFx2ko7u7rNKSr0nvt-p49c%2BdCRNOOvrpOhk%2BMbMEbfw3pWRg@mail.gmail.com>
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All the platforms that I run on, FreeBSD and PC-BSD, are all 64 bit. =A0My = son is running 64 bit versions of Windoze 7. =A0The machines have 8 GB and = dual core processors. =A0(AMD Procs). =A0=0A=0AI seem to have to problems:= =0A=0A1) Installing and running wine correctly.=0A2) Getting the games to i= nstall and run correctly.=0A=0AThe problem with WinE and getting something = to run under it is problematic as something not running under WinE could be= a bad install/config of WinE or the software I'm trying to run under WinE.= =A0=0A=0AThanks for the help on resolving this.=0A=0AI'd really like to ru= n anything/everything under WinE for Windoze apps. =A0=0A=0AP.=0A=0A=0A____= ____________________________=0A From: marcos alves <noidmvp@gmail.com>=0ATo= : Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com> =0ACc: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org= >; "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>; Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org> =0A= Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 11:40 AM=0ASubject: Re: Ports request=0A = =0A=0AWine itself or games under wine? What are the issues?=0A=0A=0A2012/10= /6 Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki2@yahoo.com>=0A=0AI have had a really difficult = time getting wine to run on PC-BSD and FreeBSD. =A0Nothing seems to work co= rrectly. =A0Is there a simple document to get this to work?=0A>=0A>If I can= get it to work, there's probably a good chance I can move the boy (and oth= ers) over to PC-BSD.=0A>=0A>P.=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>_____________________________= ___=0A>=A0From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>=0A>To: Paul Pathiakis <pathi= aki2@yahoo.com>=0A>Cc: "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>; Kris Moore = <kris@pcbsd.org>=0A>Sent: Saturday, October 6, 2012 2:45 AM=0A>Subject: Re:= Ports request=0A>=0A>=0A>On 6 October 2012 04:52, Paul Pathiakis <pathiaki= 2@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A>> Good day, ports!=0A>>=0A>> Something that I have n= oticed in the world of home desktops....=A0 although *BSD is total server p= ackage and I can do many things.....=0A>> The StEam platform from ValVe cor= p is a large step in gaming at this point.=0A>>=0A>> I have a 13 year old w= ho has a slew of friends on this gaming platform.=A0 Minecraft was a huge l= eap for gaming on the desktop on PC-BSD.=A0 My son loves using it on PC-BSD= but STEAM is where he is spending more than half his time.... on Windoze!!= =0A>>=0A>> StEam is in the process of moving over to Linux. Please don't fa= ll behind in the effort of bringing this platform to BSD.=0A>=0A>Don't be f= ooled-- the people responsible for bringing Steam to Linux=0A>are the guys = at Valve, not the "Linux people", whoever they are.=0A>=0A>Being non-free s= oftware, we are almost powerless in porting it.=A0 It=0A>does run great und= er Wine however.=0A>=0A>Chris=0A>__________________________________________= _____=0A>freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list=0A>http://lists.freebsd.org= /mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports=0A>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebs= d-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A>
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