kyuso

Sorry to reply myself, but after searching through the internet, I found an open source software called OpenRaider (http://openraider.sourceforge.net/) Well, after downloading the source and fixing a few bugs to finally build the code, I found that it can basically render the maps and characters and have Lara Croft move around the map, but that's just about it. And it's last updated in 2004, and don't see any activities beyond that. Oh well, it looked so promising. I'll try wine, or return the game for full refund and wait until linux version is available (yea right).

I used to have Windows 95 on a laptop, and it fit all my needs as a windows platform (gaming and education) at the time. Then when I bought a new laptop, it came with XP Professional (free upgrade from XP Home). I downgraded to Windows 98, so that the disk space stays around 200MB rather than 2GB that XP required without any applications. I still had the XP license. Then there was one game from Micosft that I bought that only ran under XP. So I was forced to re-install XP. If it weren't for that game, I would have stayed with Windows 98. If the laptop didn't come with XP, I would probably not have bought that game, since I wouldn't shell out my money to buy XP just to run that game. I don't foresee any software that I need that requires Vista anytime soon, unless I happen to buy a new laptop with Vista included in the price. My laptop will stay XP forever, since it only runs game and education, and all the "serious" stuff is run from dual-booted linux. BTW, do people actually pay $100-$300 to upgrade? I'd rather stick with what I already have, or buy a laptop that already comes with the OS when my old one dies. I can't imagine paying that much for the sake of upgrading.

Has anyone successful run Tomb Raider Trilogy under linux? I used to play Tomb Raider 1 a long time ago, and even ran it under dos emulator in linux after I transitioned fully to linux. Now that I bought Tomb Raider Trilogy, I would like to know if it can run under linux in any way possible. Since I no longer have Windows OS on my PC, I can't play them under Windows. I didn't tear the wrap yet since I'll be returning it for full refund if there is no way to run this under linux, and I'm in no mood to re-partition/install windows just for games.

You can practically do all the internet stuff from linux (email, web, chat, video conferencing, phone, etc.) They even include office applications ranging from database to spreadsheet, and all the software development tools for virtually any existing programming languages. I installed Ubuntu once and it was nice, but since I'm an old time RedHat/Fedora user, I didn't find it quite fitting for my needs (I also run file server for windows, web server, etc.) so I went back to Fedora. The only problem is that commercial games are not that many. I ran Quake 2, etc. from id software using my windows games and linux software without problems. But I need to run Tomb Raider 1,2,3 and although I successfully ran Tomb Raider 1 using dosbox without much problem, I am not sure I can do that with Tomb Raider 2, 3 under linux. There are windows emulators like wine or cedega, but I haven't tested them extensively. I ran Red Alert 2 and most C&C series without problems, but they were somewhat slow and not all applications run fine. I also tried qemu running windows in a virtual machine inside linux, and most windows non-game applications run fine, but due to speed, games seem to be quite slow. I know some game publishers provide linux versions, but I would also like to see classic games like StarCraft running under linux. Remember, I paid cash to buy Tomb Raider Trilogy for Windows, even though I don't have Windows anymore, in the hopes that I could run it under linux using some emulator. So publishers should know there are markets for linux games. So far, I'm thinking of returning it. I already own Tomb Raider 1 which is how I tested under linux, but I haven't torn the wrap on the Trilogy yet.