This process is much more involved than normal as newer versions of WINE have broken MP3 playback support, so you will need to recompile WINE.

Cleaning up

First you will need to remove any old versions of WINE and libmpg123, how you go about doing this depends on what package management tool you use, I will be giving the below instruction specifically for Ubuntu Linux 9.04, but may also work on other Debian based distributions.

• Open the terminal
• Type ‘sudo apt-get remove wine mpg123 libmpg123-0 libmpg123-dev’

Getting the needed stuff

You will be needing quite a bit of stuff before you can begin compiling, first you need the latest WINE source and libmpg123.

• Get WINE from here
• Get the latest version of libmpg123 from here

Also get the needed compiler tools, this is ‘build-essential’ on Ubuntu. There may be other packages you will need but you will find out what they are when you get to configuring WINE.

Compiling and installing libmpg123

This step should be pretty simple to manage and it should not require anything besides the compile tools.

• Extract the source of mpg123 you downloaded and stick it in a folder
• ‘cd’ to that folder and type ./configure –enable-static –prefix=’/usr/’
• If configure went well type the following
• ‘make’
• ‘sudo make install’

libmpg123 should now be installed.

Compiling and installing WINE

• Extract WINE into a folder and cd to it.
• run ./configure –with-mpg123 –prefix=’/usr/’
• Configure will warn you about any missing libraries, you should install these using your systems package manager unless you do not need the features they provide.
• If your happy type ‘make depend’ then ‘make’
• Wait for WINE to compile, this will take about half an hour on a average system
• Once the compile is complete type ‘sudo make install’
• Now test out wine !

Installing Morrowind, Tribunal and Bloodmoon

• Insert the disk or mount the disk image for Morrowind
• Go to the disk directory and type ‘wine Setup.exe’
• Install Morrowind
• Repeat this same process for Tribunal then Bloodmoon, do not do in any other order.
• Get the latest Bloodmoon patch here
• Mount the Morrowind image or disk and play

Install requirements

GNU C++ Compiler (g++)
libSDL runtime & development files
NASM (Assembler)
GTK+ 2.0 runtime & development files
libVorbis development files
—
Subversion (SVN) – to download the latest EDuke32 source
Timidity – software MIDI player

First check you have the build tools installed by running

gcc –version

You should be given the version, if you get something like ‘command not found’ you will need to install the build tools.
If the version is below 4.0 you should upgrade your build tools to version 4.3 or greater.

If you using Ubuntu you can use the following command to install the build tools.

sudo apt-get install build-essential

If you not using Ubuntu you should search your distributions package manager for the build tools.

All the required development files can be installed on Ubuntu using the following, again check your package manager if you are using a different distribution.

sudo apt-get install subversion timidity libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev nasm libgtk2.0-dev libvorbis-dev

Getting EDuke32

Now you need to get the latest version of EDuke32.

cd ~
svn co https://eduke32.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/eduke32 eduke32

I assume your going to build in your home directory, if not I suggest you use /usr/src

Building EDuke32

Once EDuke32 is downloaded you can build it.

cd eduke32/polymer/eduke32
make

If the build completes without errors you should find two executables in your current directory.
Next you need to make the directory where you will place EDuke32 and Duke Nukem 3D.

mkdir ~/duke3d
mv eduke32 ~/duke3d
mv mapster32 ~/duke3d
cd ~/duke3d

Using EDuke32

Alternatively you may install EDuke32 globally, (I.E in /usr/bin) for information on doing this read the EDuke32 wiki.
Now simply get your version of Duke Nukem 3D and look for the file called DUKE3D.GRP. Move this file to where the EDuke32 executable is located. (I.E ~/duke3d)
Once that is done simply run EDuke32 with:

./eduke32

Important Note: ensure that the DUKE3D.GRP file is LOWER CASE, such as duke3d.grp or EDuke32 will not be able to read it, hopefully this will be fixed in future.

Update
There are APT repositories for Debian and Ubuntu for easy installation.

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/APT_repository

Install Requirements

sudo apt-get install firestarter dhcp3-server

Configuring NICs
Make sure that your internal network card is assigned a static IP address in a range that you will use for you internal network.
To do this, go to System -> Administration -> Networking. Once there, go into the properties for the network card you will use for your internal/routed network (it will quite likely be disabled) and set it up as you deem necessary.
As a basic example, set the IP address to 192.168.0.1, and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. Leave the gateway empty.

Small Fix
To fix the problem where Firestarter cannot locate the DHCP daemon init script: From within a terminal type and run the following command (creating a symbolic link to fix the mis-reference; this is a simple alternative to editing Firestarter’s init script).

sudo ln -sf /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server /etc/init.d/dhcpd

This fixes the problem where Firestarter will sometimes say something along the lines of “An unknown error occured” when DHCP is enabled within its configuration. Sometimes the firewall will start anyway, but DHCP will remain off.

Configuring DHCP
Configure the interfaces on which DHCP will be listening Edit your /etc/default/dhcp3-server file (using a text editor running as root, or by logging in and running “sudo vi /etc/default/dhcp3-server”). The only variable in there by default is “INTERFACES”, which will have a null value. Set it to your internal network interface. For example:

# Defaults for dhcp initscript
# sourced by /etc/init.d/dhcp
# installed at /etc/default/dhcp3-server by the maintainer scripts
#
# This is a POSIX shell fragment
#
# On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
# Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1".
INTERFACES="eth0"

Write the file and exit.

Run Firestarter
If this is your first time running Firestarter, the wizard should appear. If not, simply click Firewall -> Wizard from within Firestarter.
Select your external (Internet-connected) device when it asks, and make sure to specify whether or not the address is obtained via DHCP. Click the “Forward” button, check the “Enable Internet connection sharing” box, select your internal network card, and check the box for “Enable DHCP for local network”. Drop down the “DHCP server details” and enter the range of IPs you would like for it to dynamically assign.
Make sure they are in the same range as the static IP you set for your internal network card, also, for the DNS server field, you MUST supply an address – “” will *NOT* work. Simply look at your /etc/resolv.conf file if you need inspiration.
Click “Forward”, check the “Start firewall now” box, and click “Save”.

Conclusion
It took me a while to pinpoint the causes of various small problems I was having getting it to play nicely with DHCP, but I finally got it down and figured I’d share my experiences. Please let me know if you have any suggestions (I know I clumped everything together for that last step, but c’mon, it’s a wizard… It’s pretty freaking simple).

The article which I used for most of the options out there is from  techcitynic.com. However that douche could have been more accurate. Let me work down the list for you, so you don’t have to waste your precious time. I am sure you find more video editing applications using various search engines. If you know anything note worthy comment below!

• KDEnlive – Thank god, an application that is awesome! You can install this application with the following command: sudo apt-get install kdenlive
• Ffmpeg – I don’t know, i though ffmpeg was a bunch of small tools. I have a feeling you need this in all cases: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
• AvideMUX – I used this, and it sucked, it has about as many features as my dick. You can install this application with the following command: sudo apt-get install avidemux
• CinePaint – Used for retouching vidoes so i didnt use it
• Cinelerra – If it is not in the repositories it sucks
• Jahshaka – Looked cool, not in repositories
• Slideshow Creator – Thats not even a video editing program and not in repos
• LiVES – Not in the repos but looked decent
• Vivia – Looks like Windows Media Player, not in repos
• Kino – Not even going there.. worst application i used in 2009. Purge it with the following command: sydo apt-get purge kino

In the end i used KDEnlive, by the look and feel, and the name its obviously from the KDE software suite. But man this application packs a punch. It is a little but tricky to start so take a moment to see where the buttons are. Basically you start by importanting the stuff you want. For me that was video clip in mp4 format, a mp3 file, and a still image. The still image is a little bit tricky because i only wanted one single image. I ended up creating a slideshow with just one image and that worked fine. Make sure to select the FILE types you want when messing around with the import-image-slide thing.

The imported items are in the upper left corner in one the tabs (project tree). Then you can just drag stuff in the various video/audio bars and viola thats sorted. The stuff on the top has priority over stuff below it. This is important when mixing various video streams. I also ended up muting the video-clip audio and later on splitting and deleting the audiostream completly.

There are a few effects and transitions but i only used the fade to black, and fade from black effects. I am quite sure you can do a lot more with it but this was my first time so i was satisfied with how far i had gotten anyway. The export module was more then excellent aswell, a bit overwhelming with all the options but just pick the videocodec you want (divx) and tick the export audio and then you are done!

To sum all this up, kino sucks and kdenlive rocks hard. Make sure to grab it in case you ever want to edit a video!

Final result of my video:

The following documents the relatively short process needed to get Internet Explorer 7 running on a Linux system. So far, I have found one (two) problems with this method: it seems transparent GIFs appear as filled-black boxes in IE7, and secondly (this is actually a good thing for me), this won’t give you the IE7 interface running in Linux, but rather the IE7 rendering engine inside the IE6 interface. What this means is that you won’t be seeing IE7 tabs or the RSS reader, but you will be able to debug webpages and fix layout problems.

Microsoft conditional comments do work, unlike the standalone version of IE on Windows, so you will be able to develop and test webpages across almost all major browsers (IE 5-7, Firefox, Opera) on one Linux box! Also note that we will avoid Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage download validation checks, so pure-Linux users will be able to finish the process without having to find a genuine Windows machine to download the IE7 setup file (the check is avoided legitimately, by the way).

First, install IE 6 (and optionally 5.5 + 5.0) using the excellent IEs 4 Linux installer. Consider donating to this project to say thanks!

Follow the instructions appropriate for your Linux distribution at http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation. You must at least install IE6; 5.0 and 5.5 are optional and up to you. I assume that you used the default installation path of ~/.ies4linux – if you didn’t, ensure that you use the correct directory in the upcoming steps.

Once you have finished following the instructions, you can test your IE6 installation by running the ie6 command.

ie6

I used a browser version check website (use Google, I don’t want to hotlink them) to test the currently installed browsers:

• firefox reports ‘Firefox 2.0′
• ie6 reports ‘MSIE 6.0′

Now for Internet Explorer 7:

To skip having to authenticate your copy of Windows at the Microsoft.com download site (since we’re on Linux and don’t have Windows…), make use of Google’s nicely customised IE7 installer; found at http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie7/. Download the file (IE7Setup_G.exe) and save it to a temporary folder.

Now, make a complete copy of your currently installed IE6 installation:

cd ~/.ies4linux
cp -r ie6/ ie7
sed ~/.ies4linux/bin/ie6 -e ‘s/ie6/ie7/g’ > ~/.ies4linux/bin/ie7
chmod +x ~/.ies4linux/bin/ie7

Go to your IE7Setup_G.exe download and use cabextract which should be installed from earlier (IEs 4 Linux instructions).

cd ~/yourtempfolder
cabextract IE7Setup_G.exe

ls -la shows:
15505200 Dec 7 21:21 IE7-Setup.exe

Extract necessary files:

cabextract IE7-Setup.exe
for i in wininet iertutil shlwapi urlmon jscript vbscript \
ieframe mshtml mshtmled mshtmler advpack
do
chmod +x $i.dll
cp $i.dll ~/.ies4linux/ie7/drive_c/windows/system/$i.dll
done

chmod +x inetcpl.cpl
cp inetcpl.cpl ~/.ies4linux/ie7/drive_c/windows/system/

Now normaliz.dll and inetcplc.dll are needed, you can Google them, or use these links:

• http://www.down-dll.com/dll/normaliz.zip
• http://www.down-dll.com/dll/inetcplc.zip

Unzip both files and copy them to ~/.ies4linux/ie7/drive_c/windows/system/

unzip normaliz.zip
unzip inetcplc.zip
cp normaliz.dll ~/.ies4linux/ie7/drive_c/windows/system
cp inetcplc.dll ~/.ies4linux/ie7/drive_c/windows/system

IE 7 is now installed but will have view pane corruption unless you switch the Wine container to use Windows XP as the operating system:

WINEPREFIX=~/.ies4linux/ie7 winecfg

At the bottom of the initial page, change ‘Windows’ option to ‘Windows XP’ and press OK.

Make a shortcut:

cd ~/bin
ln -s ~/.ies4linux/bin/ie7 ie7

Running ie7 and using the previous browser test site results in:

* ie7 reports ‘MSIE 7.0′

Installing Wine & Gmountiso

First you need to have wine which is essential to run any windows software. gmountiso is not required but i find it a real hassle to have to mount iso’s in a terminal. In any case for the sake of this tutorial just install it..

To install wine and gmountiso start a Terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal)

sudo apt-get install wine gmountiso mkdir ~/iso

Configure Wine

Lets configure wine for a quick moment, in a terminal run: winecfg

wine configuration screen

Click all the tabs, and lets make a small addition to the devices tab. Add a new drive. It will most likely be D. Select it and click the advanced button. Set the drive type from autodetection to CDROM. Then change the location from:

/ to ~/iso
(~ = /home/yourlinuxusername)

Press OK when you are done.

Installing

You can then run the gmountiso program from Application/System Tools menu. Start out by selecting the diablo 2 install disc and mount it in ~/iso Press the Jump To button afterwards. Double click the setup.exe and select Full install.

Enter your name & serial. It will then complain about needing a different disc. Unmount the current disc and then select the install disc, do not change the mount location its fine..(so mount the iso in ~/iso) Press mount and go back to diablo 2 installer and press OK. It should continue.

wine configuration screen

Keep swapping discs as described above.. i know you can do it! Once you have diablo 2 installed run the video test and skip the ReadMe and registering. Now mount the expansion disc (keep the mount location the same as always) Swap when necessary.

Patching

We have set up this guide using patch version 1.12a there might be a newer one, but this version is fine. you can get it here:

Then run the patch (might require you to mount the expansion disc) The game should start itself up! Exit for now..

NO-CD

Get the NOCD crack from the OS download section, here: Note: There is a file embedded within this post, please visit this post to download the file.

Extract the exe file into the Diablo 2 directory. Mount the expansion disc one final time. Jump to the disc and copy over the d2xmusic.mpq & d2xvideo.mpq place to the place where you installed Diablo 2 (if you are a sucker and let wine pick for you its probally ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Diablo\ 2/)

Finally run the D2Loader-1.12.exe from the Diablo 2 directory AND KICK ASS. Update your shortcuts on your desktop to point to the D2loader

Summary

1. install wine & gmountiso
2. winecfg & add the a drive and set it to CDROM
3. start mounting isos with gmountiso in the CDROM location
4. Install Diablo2 (install.exe) and run the Videotest and dont bother with the ReadMe or Registering
5. Install the expansion disc by mounting it running the install.exe
6. Get the latest patch @ http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=20758 Current 1.12a (make sure to click the expansion patch!)
7. run the patch (need to mount the expansion disc)
8. Get the NOCD crack from the OS download section
9. From the expasion disc copy over the d2xmusic.mpq & d2xvideo.mpq place them in the D2 dir unmount the iso
10. run the D2Loader-1.12.exe

Hero Editor:

We have the best hero editor for you aswell, get it in our download section or simply here:

Installing

First open the terminal and type the following:

cd ~

wget -t5 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/qucs/qucs/0.0.15/qucs-0.0.15.tar.gz?use_mirror=kent

This will download the latest version of Qucs, once that is done you will need to extract it:

tar -xvzf qucs-0.0.15.tar.gz

If you want to delete the Qucs source archive you can do so by using this, if not skip this next command.

rm qucs-0.0.15.tar.gz

Now you need to move the folder to where you want to compile it, if you don’t mind it being in your home folder skip this:

sudo mv qucs-0.0.15 /usr/src

cd /usr/src/qucs-0.0.15

Next move into the folder and download the dependencies required to compile Qucs:

cd qucs-0.0.15

sudo apt-get install libqt3-headers

Finally you can compile Qucs:

./configure

make

sudo make install

Once this is done (hopefully without any errors) you can run Qucs simply by typing:

qucs

That’s all, although I’d suggest adding a shortcut to your menu.

1. Transcoding
2. Recoding

Transcoding is  changing the codec realtime, during playback. It is a really cool option especially if you want to stream the video files. I have not gotten it to work though. I tried the following applications without success, but you may have the glory of getting it to work. It is defiantly worth considering. Anyway you should try the following aplications:

• TVersity
• PS3 Media Server
• TwonkyMedia Manager
• MediaTomb

Since none of the applications really worked out too well I decided it was just better to convert the videos with codecs which were supported by my devices (mainly my LG5000 which doesn’t support DTS). One pretty universal codec seemed to be AC3. In Ubuntu there seem to be various ways to transcode your videos, you can use scripts, terminal applications like ffmpeg, or applications. I tried the oh so glorious scripts, and ffmpeg. Every time something went wrong or something was missing. It nearly broke me down to tears. My last resort after trying streaming applications, scripts, and terminals was to use applications.

• mkvdts2ac3 script
• ffmpeg terminal

Then finally I was saved by a single user who made this epic post:

You need an application called Avidemux! Once installed all you need to do to convert a mkv HD movie, with a DTS audio track, to a HD movie with a AC3 track are the following steps:

1. [in a terminal] “sudo apt-get install Avidemux”
2. Menu > Video > Avidemux
3. File > Open > YourVideo.mkv
4. On the left side, VideoMode – Copy
5. On the left side, AudioMode – AC3
6. On the left side, Format – MKV
7. File > Save > Select your location where you want the new video to be saved.
8. Wait a fair bit
9. ????
10. Profit