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Ha ha! Knew this was coming! So it's Linux's fault that it's hard to install Windows apps on it?

You're really serious, aren't you? In order to show how difficult Linux installs are, you choose Windows apps? You are hilarious. Proves my point...installing Linux software is easy. If it weren't, you'd not have to throw in the whole variable of cross-platform software. Nice job. Regardless, I'll play along. If you don't mind shilling out a couple bucks, it's not that hard.

Purchase and download the Cedega Debian package from transgaming.org to your desktop and drag and drop it into KPackage. Enter password, watch package be installed automatically.

Browse to your Battlefield 2 CD, right click the setup file, choose "Open with...". In the blank, type winex, check "Remember" and hit OK. Follow directions. Remove Battlefield 2 CD. Put in Silent Hunter. Click on setup file. Follow directions. You're done.

Your turn. Since you chose Windows apps to prove how hard it was to install software in Linux, let's see if you can tell me how to install XMMS in Windows in two paragraphs or less.

Of course, you can't, and you'll ignore this post like you always do when you're pushed in the corner, and you'll change the subject, or try to make it seem like the two paragraphs above are rocket science beyond your feeble capabilities. Cheap tactic, I must say, but typical Turkey through and through.

Read this user's problems getting Silent Hunter III to install in Windows...

"The documentation that ships with Silent Hunter 3 is quite lacking. Additionally, over time players have shared many insights that are worth repeating."

So, it's poorly documented....

"I walked through installation, but was disappointed to find I was required to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 (I’m still happy with 5) and Windows Media Player 9 for the documentation and ingame videos, respectively. I imagine Acrobat 7 is not really necessary, but I didn’t mess with it. The installation for WMP 9 failed because I do not have IE 6 installed, or so the Silent Hunter III installation claimed. I later installed WMP 9 manually and IE 6 was not necessary."

...and has dependency problems...

Hmmm...interesting!!!