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Satissh S
27-10-2005, 07:47 AM
Is it possible to run brittanica 2004 in linux. It can be run in mac ,which of course is based on unix, so it shud run on linux too.. but when i try to run with wine i get a lot of errors. I had bought it for Rs 2100 and now since i don't have windozee iam unable to run it :(
vignesh
28-10-2005, 07:15 AM
Wine does not support Britanica.To see a list of software supported by wine check their website.
winehq.com
Satissh S
28-10-2005, 03:52 PM
But other than wine., Brittanica is written in java right so it's got to be platform independent...
desertwind
28-10-2005, 10:55 PM
i haven't tried Encyclopaedia Britannica yet. but the Britannica Quizmaster(the one given fre with digit) works excellently on my machine. let me try Encyclopaedia Britannica and will post results.
vignesh
29-10-2005, 09:38 AM
Shall try and get back to u mate...
desertwind
29-10-2005, 03:45 PM
Ok Satish, i found the instructions for installing EB2004 in linux by the EB team.

http://support.britannica.com/linux/linux.htm
vignesh
29-10-2005, 05:56 PM
When you bought it was it for windows or Linux ?
desertwind
29-10-2005, 07:26 PM
EB is released for Windows Only. But sine it uses java a lot, can be used with gnu/linux too. nut you wont get any gaurantee or support from EB for gnu/linux.
vignesh
29-10-2005, 07:35 PM
ok.I try installing the 2004 version...Thanks..
Satissh S
29-10-2005, 09:29 PM
thanks a lot desert and vignesh. trying..
Satissh S
06-11-2005, 11:42 AM
Oh yeah, the quizmaster runs well, even the 2k5 consice runs well but not URS2004. I'm still trying, their perl script does not work :(
vignesh
06-11-2005, 09:17 PM
OK I am going to try too...In the hols...
desertwind
06-11-2005, 11:44 PM
their perl script does not work :(

What error r u getting while using the perl script ? You'll need JRE 1.3.1. any other (lower or higher) versions wont work.
Satissh S
07-11-2005, 10:14 PM
Ok! Friends got it working, I d/l and installed Java 1.3.1 from blackdown and it ran. But there are however a lot of issues.
Firstly: We can´t enjoy the videos because of the lack of Quicktime . Why is apple soo sarcastic? When they can give quicktime for windozee why not for linux/Freebsd. After all they owe a gr8 deal to bsd guys...
Secondly: I have to use Redmond theme for KDE and the hard edge 3d appearance for GNOME for the windows to work properly ie., the sizes of dialog boxes. :(
Thirdly: The Timeline content doesn´t play. Thankfully, The Atlas works in Ubuntu but not in Fedora.
But anyways, the articles and the pictures are showing up nice. :) Webupdate and online activities doesn work though :(
But nyways Linux and OSS Community Rocks :D