Solve : Last hope-Ubuntu?

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Answer» I went to an auction from a college and bought some computers for my children. UNFORTUNATELY, I did not know that they had wiped them clean. I cannot afford to buy Windows for all of the computers, so I loaded Ubuntu which is really great except they want to play their educational software games by Windows. None of the computers have Windows installed. If someone could please help me by GIVING me step by step instructions to install these games by CD, I would truly appreciate all of your assistance (if this can be done). Thank you so much in advance.You can use wineIgnore the last comment made niraj.kumar. Quote If someone could please help me by giving me step by step instructions to install these games by CD, I would truly appreciate all of your assistance (if this can be done). What exactly are they?If you are asking me which CD's they want to play, they are games like Jumpstart 5th grade, I Spy, and some others. If you are asking me what kind of computers, then I am not sure what kind they are. They don't have any brand names on them. I know that they are only last year's models as the college updates every year. Ubuntu is the only operating system on the computer. Oh yeah, someone else mentioned me using Wine but it gets confusing trying to figure out how to find, install that and load the CD's. Thanks so much! I appreciate you even looking. SherriHey Sherri, OK, you can find WINE through Synaptics. Go to System >> Administration >> Synaptics Package Manager. If you run a search it should come up, depending if you've configured your software sources. If you don't know about that forget it for now. If WINE doesn't appear, then maybe try posting on the Ubuntu forums (http://ubuntuforums.org) Quote from: CosmicFlux on July 28, 2008, 02:13:28 AM OK, you can find WINE through Synaptics. Go to System >> Administration >> Synaptics Package Manager. Hi Sherri, Cosmic's answer is great. It really is just that easy. The packages are in alphabetical order. When you get to Wine, you just I just loaded Ubuntu yesterday and am working through similar problems. Wine is an Open SOURCE implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available. OK - so what does that mean? It means that for a good number of Windows applications, you can simply get the EXE file (or COM, or accompanying DLLs) on your Linux-based computer and run them RIGHT in Linux. The problem I have been having is that just because I can run a Windoze app, doesn't mean the system can install the app from a CD-ROM, nor does it mean the app can find it's pieces once I get it to run. I know this sounds daunting. I haven't tried this yet, but my plan is to load apps on a windoze box, then use my thumbdrive to transfer them including the file structure to a folder on my Linux box. Then hope that it works from there. In your case, you might have a friend who will let you install them onto his system, then allow you to take them off using a USB drive. Of course, if the games your kids want to play actually run from the CD, then maybe you will be OK anyway. I recommending loading Wine using the commands Cosmic indicated and giving it a try. If you want to get back to me later, I'll let you know how it went for me and pass on anything I learn about getting Windoze things to run. Regards, Toad

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I went to an auction from a college and bought some
computers for my children.
UNFORTUNATELY, I did not know that they had
wiped them clean.
I cannot afford to buy Windows for
all of the computers, so I loaded Ubuntu which is really
great except they want to play their educational software
games by Windows. None of the computers have Windows
installed. If someone could please help me by GIVING me
step by step instructions to install these games by
CD, I would truly appreciate all of your assistance (if this
can be done).
Thank you so much in advance.You can use wineIgnore the last comment made niraj.kumar.

Quote

If someone could please help me by giving me
step by step instructions to install these games by
CD, I would truly appreciate all of your assistance (if this
can be done).

What exactly are they?If you are asking me which CD's they want to
play, they are games like Jumpstart 5th grade,
I Spy, and some others.
If you are asking me what kind of computers, then
I am not sure what kind they are.
They don't have any brand names on them. I
know that they are only last year's models as the
college updates every year.
Ubuntu is the only operating system on the computer.
Oh yeah, someone else mentioned me using Wine
but it gets confusing trying to figure out how to find,
install that and load the CD's.
Thanks so much!
I appreciate you even looking.
SherriHey Sherri,

OK, you can find WINE through Synaptics. Go to System >> Administration >> Synaptics Package Manager.

If you run a search it should come up, depending if you've configured your software sources. If you don't know about that forget it for now. If WINE doesn't appear, then maybe try posting on the Ubuntu forums
(http://ubuntuforums.org)

Quote from: CosmicFlux on July 28, 2008, 02:13:28 AM

OK, you can find WINE through Synaptics. Go to System >> Administration >> Synaptics Package Manager.

Hi Sherri,

Cosmic's answer is great. It really is just that easy. The packages are in alphabetical order. When you get to Wine, you just I just loaded Ubuntu yesterday and am working through similar problems. Wine is an Open SOURCE implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely free alternative implementation of the Windows API consisting of 100% non-Microsoft code, however Wine can optionally use native Windows DLLs if they are available.

OK - so what does that mean? It means that for a good number of Windows applications, you can simply get the EXE file (or COM, or accompanying DLLs) on your Linux-based computer and run them RIGHT in Linux.

The problem I have been having is that just because I can run a Windoze app, doesn't mean the system can install the app from a CD-ROM, nor does it mean the app can find it's pieces once I get it to run. I know this sounds daunting. I haven't tried this yet, but my plan is to load apps on a windoze box, then use my thumbdrive to transfer them including the file structure to a folder on my Linux box. Then hope that it works from there. In your case, you might have a friend who will let you install them onto his system, then allow you to take them off using a USB drive.

Of course, if the games your kids want to play actually run from the CD, then maybe you will be OK anyway. I recommending loading Wine using the commands Cosmic indicated and giving it a try. If you want to get back to me later, I'll let you know how it went for me and pass on anything I learn about getting Windoze things to run.

Regards,
Toad

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