Dunno if it's supposed to work under Linux. I was using Win XP when BombBloke was making the changes, and I assume, so was he.
I've tried Ubuntu myself, but I just don't like it. I hate being one of those "corporate guys", and I'm aware that there are many things that Linux users enjoy inherently that Windows users don't get to enjoy, but the whole layout seems too much like Apple products to me. I really just don't know how to navigate it at all and I get bored before I learn anything.
It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. It took a LONG time for me to make the jump from Windows '98 to XP, and even though I admit it's so much better after you get the hang of it, it takes a long time for me to accept these things. Windows 7 is even better after using it on the net book I got with it installed, but I still haven't made the leap of installing it on my 2 PCs.
Just like Apple, there seems to be loads of things that just won't run on Linux that does on Windows. My brother is always telling me how superior Apple products are to PC stuff, but then again he doesn't build his own PCs and cannibalize parts like I do, he doesn't have 4 TB of storage on his PC which is hugely upgradable if I want to spend the cash to do it, and who writes viruses for something that lies on the fringes when there are so many prime targets using the same system?
Totally besides your original point, but Apple isn't immune to viruses. It's just that the hackers put about as much thought into hacking Apple products as the casual gamer did into buying the 3DO or the NeoGeo when they cost three times as much as the mainstream systems.
I guess to summarize.... BB probably thought the same way. If he's still around, perhaps you could ask him if he knows anything about Linux himself and could re-invent the wheel so it works on Linux too. Short of that, I know Ubuntu makes it easy to install multiple OS's. Just install an XP partition when you want to use his stuff.
Later,
~Rx
