[bf1942] Battlefield 1942 Win32 Dedicated Server with WineX - Rough Install Instructions

[Per Larsson]

But then, on the other hand, if you can get the service privider to install 
Wine on your colocated box, you can probably have them install X too. :) 
You'd just need the base libraries, as that's all that's needed by VNC.

On Friday 04 April 2003 02.46, Pizano wrote:
> Problem is most people if using Linux as a server, don't have/use X on
> their box (especially a Colo'd Box). I know my servers don't :)
> - John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Larsson [mailto:per at albatorsk.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 6:56 PM
> To: bf1942 at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [bf1942] Battlefield 1942 Win32 Dedicated Server with WineX
> - Rough Install Instructions
>
> But it works great if all you have is a server with linux on it. Maybe
> one
> doesn't want to spend $99 on a Windows-license, just to have the
> privilege to
> run a dedicated server.
>
> Even so, X in it self is not a resource hog at all. Who says you have to
> have
> a whole complete desktop environment running? At this moment, I'm
> running X
> with Window Maker on my Duron 800, and X is responsible for about 0.3%
> to
> 1.5% of the CPU load. And I'm actually "working" with it.  A dedicated
> server
> would just "sit there", not moving the mouse, not moving any windows.
>
> I'm not saying that DICE should scrap the Linux port in favor of running
> the
> Wnidows DS in WINE. But, I doubt you'd be able to tell the difference
> between
> a dedicated server running in Windows and the same DS running in Wine.