2005-08-24, 08:45 PM
I have made the decision to reformat my hard drive and either setup a dual boot system with WinXP and a Linux distro(Mandriva or Suse more then likely) or to just make it a Linux desktop. My questions are related to gaming. I play Everquest II and I am under the impression that I would need to run this program in WinXP. Btw, this is the only reason I still use WinXP! The game site indicates that EQII does not support Linux. Is there a WinXP emulator that I could run with Linux so that I could play the game? Would this result in too much of a hassle that I should just use a dual boot system?
If I did setup a dual boot system, would it be better to install WinXP and then Linux or vice versa? Is there a distro that will automatically setup your partitions based on the parameters I have given? Is there a better distro out there then the two I have mentioned for what I am looking to do with my system? Is there already a guide to answer the questions I have?
Sorry for all the questions in one post however I need all the help or advice I can get. Thanks.