I haven't been able to get my games to work on it. I think this program is Too hard to use. Too hard to understand. I'm on winxp now. I paid $89.00 at Best Buy for it and I think it was a wasted $89.00! Any Thoughts?

1. Are the games you are trying to play compatible with Linux? Operating systems are not necessarily cross compatible. Generally you can't take a program designed for Microsoft Windows and run it on Linux (Suse, Red Hat, OSX, etc…) or UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc…) systems. Applications that can run in virtual machines (like Java VM) help with cross system compatibility but most games don't attempt to use this (I'll leave reasons out for this discussion).

   "program is Too hard to use" - Linux is not necessarily "too hard" to use but it definitely lacks some of the features you'd find in Microsoft or OSX which tend to focus on end users. Linux is trying to compete for the desktop system but is more accepted at the server system. As a technical person, I'd argue that Linux and UNIX based systems are easier to use than MS Windows, but then I'm not necessarily the typical computer user.

   What you might want to do with the Suse Linux operating system is research into setting up a "dual boot" system where you can choose which operating system to boot your system with. If you are only going to play games, check email, view the web, or other simple applications I wouldn't worry too much about doing this.

   If you are really motivated, why not check out WINE HQ to impliment the Windows API. I've included two links below, one for WINE HQ, the other for a link to the binaries for WINE HQ on Suse.

2. http://www.winehq.com/
   http://en.opensuse.org/wine#repositories…
3. Umm, I think you missed the point. Linux is an OPERATING SYSTEM, not a program. Maybe you should do a bit of research before buying software. Not many commercial games run on Linux. However, I do think you wasted your money because you can get Linux for free.

   However, seeing as how you are unable to read, I suggest you stick with Windows because you'll never learn Linux.

4. Dude Suse is not a program… Its an operating system but a lot different from the windows…. You wont be able to play your windows games in Suse as they they are not made for Suse….

   Well in case u dont want to keep the stuff search for a comp geek I bet u'll definitely get a good price for it……

   Happy computing…
   Cheers….

5. Hey there..

   Well. The Suse Linux program is actually a open source operating system that is free to copy and share unlike windows where you have to make Gates rich. But the way the programs are used and installed are way different.

   The average game is written to run on the Microsoft Windows ntfs platform/operating system.

   Suse is a very power full os like Red hat, Os X and etc.
   But it takes getting use to for we are so use to have windows that we are struggling with other.

   From what I understand is that you like your games… so windows will do just fine.

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