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WineX Install Goes Sour for LinuxWorld Editor

Posted by simoniker on from the crying-all-the-way-home dept.

jg21 writes "LinuxWorld's gaming industry editor apparently grappled with TransGaming's latest WineX release, now renamed Cedega 4.0, to such an extent that she "lost" half a day of her life. A trip to the Dark Age of Camelot site for a 7-day free trial ended in tears and installing Diablo II didn't go much better. Dee-Ann LeBlanc may have coedited Linux for Dummies, but she suffered more black screens than a multiplex during a power outage. Is the problem simply that she uses Fedora Core 2 - can't someone help her out?" Are these one-off problems, or symptomatic of a bigger issue?

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  1. I'm sorry to be a dick, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    A trip to the Dark Age of Camelot site for a 7-day free trial ended in tears and installing Diablo II didn't go much better.

    This is why most women would make a bad CEO, president and leader. You can't go around bursting into tears and sinking your spoon into a crate of Ben & Jerry's every time you have problems installing a video game.

    I'm completely embarrassed for this woman and her apparent inability to control her emotions. Be a man; swear a little bit, pound your fist and move on.

    1. Re:I'm sorry to be a dick, but... by djcapelis · · Score: 3, Funny

      And nerds wonder why they can't get laid...

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    2. Re:I'm sorry to be a dick, but... by Planesdragon · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm completely embarrassed for this woman and her apparent inability to control her emotions. Be a man; swear a little bit, pound your fist and move on.

      He hee. Ha.

      "Women should be leaders--when they lose control of their emotions, the cost is a box of tissues, not a new desk."

  2. Half a day? by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, but if you're crying over wasting half a day you're not cut out to be a Linux desktop user. I've been fighting with the Conexant modem driver for -- it has to be getting close to three years!

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  3. In a word .... by theguywhosaid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are these one-off problems, or symptomatic of a bigger issue?

    yes.
    shouldnt /. posters know by now that jackasses (me) will answer boolean questions with one word?
  4. Re:Sure shows... by AvitarX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because this site is unabashedly pro linux, and bashing MS helps rally the troops.

    Much like right wing talk raidio.

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  5. Of course it is ... by blixel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is the problem simply that she uses Fedora Core 2

    Of course it is. And if she were using Mandrake, that would "simply be the problem". And if she were using RedHat, that would "simply be the problem". And if she were using [insert name of distro here], that would "simply be the problem".

  6. Re:I'm sorry you're a dick too. by Dee-Ann+LeBlanc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your check is in the mail, Jon!

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