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QB for Linux?

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well im running ubunutu right now (wich is a division of linux). Do you know if i can download QB for linux (debian would work too). thanks alot
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You can do this using dosbox http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
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so that is the DOS box right? so i can now just download the normal qb and run it in there??
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yup....pretty much as simple as that..under linux you might have to create a folder to serve as your drive (but I'm not sure about that) once QB is there you should be able to run it as any other DOS programs :-).
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Post by Kyle »

It will be as slow as hell though.
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alright... DOS workin, Qb workin... ready to program :D
note: it is pretty fast for me... but if i set the frameskipping higger it eats my procesor and gets reaaalllyy slow.. lol
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lol you're talking to someone who has Pocket DOS on his 75 mHz HP 620lx...anything else is fast lol
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Post by ShadowWolf »

FB plug.

or you could just use FB Linux distro
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