3 comments about Quake: The Offering.

1. Amazing, This game runs just as good or better than the windows version of the game. I have corel linux deluxe os and I had no problems with installation. Smooth, never had any slow downs on my 200 mhz machine with 64 megs ram. Highly recommended.



2. I tried installing this on a redhat 7.2 distro on a dual celeron 533 with a voodoo5. For some reason the sys bitched and moaned about me having the wrong version of glide (2x i think it was), but I have the lastest glide pre-installed with the latest DRI package (Q3 and Return to Wolfenstein run fine). The game never installed for me. Because I thought it was a problem with the voodoo5, I tried the same thing on another system with the exact same hardware except a geforce (all drivers installed, q3 working properly) and it didnt work again with the same error message.

   Im probably slightly above a linux newbie, but unless you know something I dont (email me at (...) if you do) you may not be able to install this package and will be stuck with a coaster. I only gave it 3 stars because dammit, its quake :)

   The q3 linux version on the other hand is perfect, no problems on the install, runs perfectly, and you can just download the windows q3 point release and use it with the linux cd on a windows box, 2 for 1...
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   Update:
   Posting this review made me give it a shot again and I found that you could install if you say you dont have rpm on your machine when it asks, then it installs everything but refuses to run. Software quake (squake) runs, but the mouse freaks out when i try to move it. That might not be a universal problem tho. X11 quake runs ok. GLquake still refuses to run, after reading some newsgroups it seems like the glquake executable is compiled with real old libs and if you have the newer libs it wont work. I dont want to overwrite the newer libs with the older and break all my other games so until I figure out how to install the old libs somewhere without breaking the whole sys I will.

   Quake is good, but dont buy this thinking you can play it out of the box as easy as a windows cd (like I did), everything in linux unfortunately requires a lot more work to finially get working (if at all) :(




3. while i do not have this edition of the game (and its out of stock right now), i might offer a possible solution to the dependency problem... be gentle, i had no chance to try it with this constellation :)
   redhat offers several compatibilty rpms which include libraries for use with programs linked against older versions. installing these does not alter your current libs. the packages are named compat-*.rpm, you will probably need one or more of *-libs-6.2-* , *-glibc-6.2-* , *-libstdc++-6.2 ...have a lot of fun...
   you certainly will, once you get it to work...

2 comments about CalendarMaker 4.5.

1. I moved this program onto my office PowerMac (7300 running MacOS 8.1)) and my home iMac 333 (running MacOS 8.6), and it doesn't work very well ... it loves System 6.x.x, and maybe 7.x.x ... getting error messages such as "Calendarmaker unexpectedly quit due to a -??? error". It lets me create calendar pages, but when I try to reopen and edit those pages, I get the error messages



2. I've used this software succesfully for about 4 years in my business, but with constant frustration. If you switch printers you must completely redo the whole calender. And sometimes the layout spontaneously self destructs. I cried when my an old printer bit the dust. Tech support says it's something with the way it was designed and it's to hard to redesign and fix. Too bad. It's an otherwise good product with a major flaw.

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1 comments about Checkit 98 Diagnostic Suite.

1. Good software for novice but wish it was available for Canadians

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2 comments about Living Trust Maker 2.0.

1. I used other software to draft a Trust several years ago and needed to make changes. The Nolo Software just purchased fell short in documents needed to support a Trust document package. You need a Living Will, Pour Over Will, Durable Power of Attorney and other support documents to help the everyday individual set up a Trust. If this is all there is... it might be better than nothing if you can't afford an attorney and I suggest buying a book to help you cover all of your legal concerns. Doing something to protect your estate is better than doing nothing



2. Let me confess: I work for Nolo, the maker of Living Trust Maker. I just wanted to correct what I see is a misconception in Ms. King's review of the product. Ms.King is technically correct in stating that Living Trust Maker does not include certain documents. However, the documents she cites are not themselves part of a Living Trust. All the documents she notes might be necessary for most people whether or not they need a living trust. I don't want this to be a sales pitch, just an understanding of what a living trust can do, and can't do. Nolo's products are not "one size fits all" -- everyone's case is unique. That is why Nolo produces a number of books, forms, and software to address these needs. You can educate yourself in Nolo's free on-line legal encyclopedia, and informative FAQ's about such issues; then decide for yourself what components of a will or living trust will suit your needs. Nolo does indeed offer those other documents Ms. King mentions. You just may not need all or any or some of them depending on your individual needs. And Nolo always states that if you have any questions about your individual needs, you should seek the advice of a qualified attorney. The Living Trust Maker software does just what it's advertised to do: provide a basic living trust. It does not fall short on this account.

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