How to lunch a small windows app on linux ?

Skyforger · 23 Aug 2010 at 22:51

My mothers PC is quite low Spec. And windows XP is doing her and my heading when i need to fix it all the time.
I want to put some small and simple linux for her to go on the netzz and watch movies.
But she has this game "colored lines classic" she needs and it doesn't have linux install. What to do is there some way to still use it on linux, simple enough for old woman

?

whitecrook · 23 Aug 2010 at 22:56

mmmmm, lunch.

install WINE and try that. May need to enable Universe /multiverse repos in the package manager.

jack.mitchell · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:20

I can guarantee you that there will be a Linux remake of that game, almost all the classics have been re-done. It's just a matter of finding out what it's called on Linux

PermaBanned · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:20

Wine, or PlayOnLinux might be easier to use, doubt it's on there though. Could you describe the program to us? Sounds like the sort of thing that's been remade tons of times and you can probably find it as a flash/java game on the web or something... there's plenty of games in the software managers to keep most people happy though what distro are you using?

jack.mitchell · 23 Aug 2010 at 23:26

aaannnddd here you go:

http://code.google.com/p/color-lines/

If you're using Ubuntu then post on the forums and ask someone to help you install it or someone here might be kind enough to write you a quick how-to.

Good luck!

Skyforger · 24 Aug 2010 at 01:09

Yeah ... the game have to be exactly this one

about linux i am thinking to use :

AUSTRUMI (Austrum Latvijas Linukss) is a business card size (the current release size is 138 MB) bootable live CD Linux distribution. It is based on Slackware Linux. It was created and is currently being maintained by a group of programmers from Latgale region of Latvia. The current official release of Austrumi Linux is 2.1.6. It requires limited system resources and can run on any Intel-compatible system with a CD-ROM installed. The entire operating system and all the applications run from RAM, making Austrumi a fast system, and allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts.

OliW · 24 Aug 2010 at 13:09

Unless you're very familiar with Slackware (or another distribution) I wouldn't stray too far from Ubuntu.

If/when you do need to fix something, you'll want the help of the masses and there's just more documentation (and people) out there to support an Ubuntu install.

This does partially include derivatives like Mint but chances are you want something like xubuntu or lubuntu that have the same software repositories but a lighter desktop and default configuration (useful for older computers).

PermaBanned · 24 Aug 2010 at 23:15

Take a look at Slitaz, lightest distro I could consider using every day and very easy to use.

masterluke · 25 Aug 2010 at 11:27

you say low spec - but what sort of spec are we talking?

PermaBanned · 25 Aug 2010 at 13:46

Yeah, Windows low spec is completely different to Linux low spec. Say a PIII with 512MB RAM is perfectly capable of running a full Gnome desktop... i would still use XFCE for it though.