Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 11:10:25 08/26/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 11:15:26, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 26, 2002 at 07:08:40, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On August 26, 2002 at 02:51:44, Lei , Shiann-Tzong wrote: >> >>> >>>My internet friend tell me , his Fritz7 can run under Linux >>>via x windows interface , But , I have tried it , and can not do it. >>> >>>Who can tell me , if it can be done or not ? >>> >>>My internet friend use a dual computer with a mandrake linux 8.2 . >>> >>>Regards ., >>> >>>Lei , Shiann-Tzong @ TAIWAN >> >>What is the benefit to run Fritz 7 or any other Chesss Programs under Linux, if >>it was NOT meant to run under that operating system? When an airplane is >>designed to run with JP8 , I would not care if it run under any other fuel. I am >>not saying that Linux 8.2 is not a good operating system, simply what I am >>saying is, that it wasn't written to run under Linux. >> >>Pichard. > > > >The idea is to get rid of the closed, buggy, lousy, bloated, virus-like, >expensive OS called Windows. > >If you don't see the point, I can tell you that *I* can see it. > > > > Christophe That pretty much hits the nail on the head. Now when can we expect to see commercial programs available for Linux? CA is written with Borland's programming environment and Borland has released a version of the environment for Linux. I would expect to see a CA for Linux but it hasn't happened yet. I believe ChessMaster is entrenched in the Windows environment and probably would require a major rewrite as would Fritz, Shredder, et al. Right now, the Xboard engines and SCID are where it's at on Linux. And it ain't too bad. Steve
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