x-plane, dsound, directx 8

[Lucas Fisher]

Only the support progams and not the actual simulator have been ported to 
linux.  The windows version of the support programs run fine under wine 
though.

Lucas

Debian User wrote:

> May be you should read slashdot more freqently ... ;))
> 
> here : X-Plane Flight Simulator For Linux
> -----------------------------------------
> Posted by timothy  on Saturday October 13, @03:59PM
> from the ich-fliege dept.
> sho-gun writes: "It seems that Austin Meyer, creator of X-Plane , is
> going to be porting his simulator to Linux. X-Plane is an incredible
> flight simulator which models flight dynamics by using blade-element
> theory. Many big companies use X-Plane for development. Currently
> only the support programs (the programs that build the planes,
> scenery, airfoils) are available but the full application should be
> available soon, according to the website. Along side with the
> open-sourced Flightgear, this certainly is good news for flight
> simulator fans that use Linux."
> 
> 
> you can download the linux port @ http://www.x-plane.com
> 
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> M.Angermann
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