[OmniBook] Onibook XE3 500 / GC recovery disk

[Matt Taggart]

Joao Lourenco writes...

> Now I would like to recover the original system on the
> Omnibook GC, which was Windows 98 SE (I must have the recovery CD
> somewhere... I just can't find it...), so that my son can use the
> computer to play some games.

This may not be the answer you are looking for but...

There are tons of games available for Linux. On my Debian machine here 
there are 679 packages in the "games" section (some of those are games 
split into multiple packages, but I'd guess it's at least 400 games). I'm 
sure there are some that he'd like if just wants any games to play.

If there's a particular Windows game he wants to be able to play, I've had 
good luck using Transgaming's software for running games (used to be called 
WineX, now called Cedega),

 http://www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php

Their business model is an interesting one. To get access to the binary 
packages of the product, you pay a monthly subscription fee ($5) that also 
gives you votes in what games they try to get working next. At the time I 
subscribed (I used to really like the LucasArts StarWars games) I signed up 
for the 3 month minimum for $15. The source for their product is available 
via CVS, but I liked their business model and it was cheap so I just paid. 
(this may sound like a plug for their product, I'm not associated with them 
at all, I just liked the service.)

The OB XE3 is getting a little old now and it's cpu and graphics aren't 
fast enough to be able to run most new eye-candy games (although it can 
play older eye-candy games like quake1/2, duke nukem, etc). You might be 
better off with the former approach of just using the free software games.

-- 
Matt Taggart
taggart at fc.hp.com