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Linux? Mac?

Posted By: Dave
Date: Friday, 26 June 2009, at 11:28 p.m.

In Response To: Throw away your Snowie and GNU (phil Simborg)

As Bill mentioned it's hard to beat free, not only in cost but also that the source code to gnubg is open. Additionally there do not appear to be versions of eXtremegammmon for Linux or Mac. I got the demo version to install on Linux using Wine and everything seems to run pretty well except that the checkers and dice all show up as large black boxes making them indistinguishable.

Personally I wouldn't mind paying for another backgammon program (BGBlitz was worth the money) but obviously it must be able to run well on my computer before doing that.

Messages In This Thread

• Throw away your Snowie and GNU
  phil Simborg -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 2:41 p.m.
  • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
    Coolrey -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 2:48 p.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      sal pittelli -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 8:56 p.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        Robert Maier -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 10:02 p.m.
        • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
          Bob Koca -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 5:49 a.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        Frank Berger -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 10:18 p.m.
        • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
          Rich Munitz -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 10:55 p.m.
          • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
            Frank Berger -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 11:38 a.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        phil Simborg -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 5:34 a.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      phil Simborg -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 5:24 a.m.
  • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
    Keene -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 3:31 p.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      Petter Bengtsson -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 3:50 p.m.
  • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
    Frank Berger -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 9:31 p.m.
  • It has to be really good to beat - - - - FREE!!!
    Bill Finneran -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 9:53 p.m.
    • It has to be really good to beat - - - - FREE!!!
      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 8:38 a.m.
    • It has to be really good to beat - - - - FREE!!!
      phil Simborg -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 5:21 a.m.
  • Linux? Mac?
    Dave -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 11:28 p.m.
    • Linux? Mac?
      Dave -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 4:58 p.m.
      • Linux? Mac?
        eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 5:52 p.m.
        • Two differences between GNUbg and eXtremegammon
          Mislav Radica -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 8:50 a.m.
          • Two differences between GNUbg and eXtremegammon
            phil Simborg -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 1:12 p.m.
      • Linux? Mac?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 6:44 p.m.
        • Linux? Mac?
          Keene -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 1:32 a.m.
  • One computer?
    KenB -- Friday, 26 June 2009, at 11:44 p.m.
  • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
    Robert-Jan Veldhuizen (Zorba) -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 12:02 p.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      Keene -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 5:38 p.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        Robert-Jan Veldhuizen (Zorba) -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 9:56 p.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        phil Simborg -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 5:15 a.m.
        • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 29 June 2009, at 5:22 a.m.
  • Can it import Snowie Files directly?
    Bill Finneran -- Saturday, 27 June 2009, at 1:15 p.m.
  • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
    eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 1:22 a.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 6:32 a.m.
      • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
        Maik Stiebler -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 2:42 p.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 6:38 a.m.
      • 100 Elo points weaker...
        Klaus Evers -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 10:10 a.m.
    • Throw away your Snowie and GNU
      Frank Berger -- Sunday, 28 June 2009, at 8:31 p.m.