yet another reason why linux is so damn cool

you remember "command and conquer: red alert"? well i wanted to play it today and was rather upset at the fact that it won't install in windows xp. turns out, the program's apparently just too old. i thought i was s.o.l. until i remembered wine, the windows emulator for linux. (well it's not an emulator, it's a fake windows install, but that's harder to say). but it works! and it's as easy as:


it might look complicated for the non-geek, but it really was pretty easy. and now i can play any old games i like and not be bound by bill ;-)