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[Daryl]

I have got MFME (all versions) to run on the latest edition of Linux, which I installed the other day onto my computer, through a partition on the hard drive.

I downloaded the latest version of Linux, called KDE Linux 2010 OS (click it for the link!), which I installed easy enough, running from the Live CD it gives you, which enables you to try it before you install it without making any alterations to your computer's files. (Note: you cannot run Fruit Machine Emulation when you are only using the Live CD of Linux - it has to be installed).

It the Package Manager within the Linux OS (on your bottom panel on the Desktop) if you search it, you will find a program called WINE, this enables a virtual Windows (whatever system you wish to choose) to run on your Linux system, and through this WINE program I have managed to get MFME (all versions) to work.

My fan on my computer hasn't had to kick in once since I have used the Linux 2010 OS, and I have got excellent graphics and sounds on it too, plus there is an 'Aero' theme that allows you to have certain feeling of Windows Vista and Windows 7 combined, without using all those resources.

On the WINE emulator I have also been able to get quite a few of my games working (although there are hundreds of games you can install free with the Linux Package Manager) and also my MS Office 2000 works perfectly well on there too!

All-in-all I am very pleased with the way my Linux OS is running - my computer is running as smooth as a miner's bum with no issues at all.

Give it a try! There is a step-by-step guide on how to install Linux on your computer on the desktop of the Live CD - see how brilliant it works! Excellent!

Edited by Daryl, 31 August 2010 - 12:03 PM.

[Daryl]

My original Windows is XP.

With the Wine program being an emulator, you pick what Windows you would like to run it on within the Wine configuration.

I have a folder in my storage drive, with all my FME in it - all versions - and when I am in the Linux 2010 OS, I launch wine, configure it to find my storage drive, go to that folder and then use the Run in Wine to launch MFME (whatever version) and use MFME emulator as you would usually do on Windows - it is a little complicated to actually write down and tell you what to do - I tried it through trial and error until I managed to actually run the MFME program through WINE on Linux 2010. If you like experimenting (and you must have a brain because you can do layouts! lol you would soon be able to get the jist of it Tommy. as I say, I did and I am a self-confessed nonse! lol