chances are i will be building a low end internet computer for my family/sister as a christmas present [dad will be paying for it]. since windows is crap and it will keep costs down, i was planning on installing linux on it. it will be an easy enough learning curve since none of my family will ever need or want to mess with the command line because KDE [and probably gnome] are more than adequate for the minimal tasks they perform.
the only request that has been made so far is that my sister wants to be able to play diablo 2 on battlenet with some friends. i did some searching, and from the information at winehq.com i know that it can work, but seems to be fairly buggy and not *all* game options/features work. it's a 40 minute drive to my parents house, and i don't want to have to do maintenance for a game every time a patch comes out or something.
does anyone have much experience with this on a linux only machine? i can install win98 instead if necessary, but i'd rather not. also, cedega isn't an option because i doubt my parents will pay a $5 subscription just to keep the game working.
the only request that has been made so far is that my sister wants to be able to play diablo 2 on battlenet with some friends. i did some searching, and from the information at winehq.com i know that it can work, but seems to be fairly buggy and not *all* game options/features work. it's a 40 minute drive to my parents house, and i don't want to have to do maintenance for a game every time a patch comes out or something.
does anyone have much experience with this on a linux only machine? i can install win98 instead if necessary, but i'd rather not. also, cedega isn't an option because i doubt my parents will pay a $5 subscription just to keep the game working.