Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 09:21:37 11/23/99
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On November 23, 1999 at 05:15:50, Thom Perry wrote: >On November 22, 1999 at 23:07:46, Peter Kappler wrote: > >>On November 22, 1999 at 22:48:21, John Wish wrote: >> >>>Do differing operating systems affect the effeciency of chess software? Would >>>Mchess, Rebel, Chessmaster, Shredder, etc, operate any better on linux than on >>>windows? >> >>None of those engines run under Linux, unless you want to run a Windows emulator >>like WINE. >> >>--Peter > >That doesn't really solve anything. The guy wanted to know how these programs would run under Linux. A Windows-emulator is the only way... > How will your computer know which is >the primary operating system, which system should it boot up to? I >believe the program he is referring to is called System Commander. No, I wasn't referring to any sort of boot manager. Linux would remain the only OS on the machine - WINE is an application that runs under Linux and emulates Windows. Has nothing to do with a boot manager... --Peter
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