Is it possible to run Brittanica 2004 in linux??

[Satissh S]

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]

Wine does not support Britanica.To see a list of software supported by wine check their website.
winehq.com

[Satissh S]

But other than wine., Brittanica is written in java right so it's got to be platform independent...

[desertwind]

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]

Shall try and get back to u mate...

[desertwind]

Ok Satish, i found the instructions for installing EB2004 in linux by the EB team.

http://support.britannica.com/linux/linux.htm

[vignesh]

When you bought it was it for windows or Linux ?

[desertwind]

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]

ok.I try installing the 2004 version...Thanks..

[Satissh S]

thanks a lot desert and vignesh. trying..

[Satissh S]

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]

OK I am going to try too...In the hols...

[desertwind]

Originally Posted by Satissh S

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]

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