Well, this is a two parter: in typical Mekapaedia style, we'll have a Linux Blurb. But also, a blurb on playing those old GB/GBC/GBA games on your computer.
Part one: Linux.
Firstly: Yeppie! I gots my X.org and Xfce4 working!
What is that you ask?
Well, X.org is a free implementation of the X11 standard. It is a server program that manages the basic drawing of 2D elements on Linux. It's a "server" because the programs that create the windows and graphics (Firefox, GNOME, etc...) are a client, and can be on a different physical computer from the one with the X.org server.
Xfce4? A window manager, a program (or rather a set of programs) that has a taskbar, windows, file manager, etc.
Basically: NO MORE COMMAND LINE! Woot.
Part 2: Gameboy on PC.
Quite simple, really.
Visual boy.
Visual boy is an emulator for Windows that will use a ROM file to allow you to play these games on you computer. Download here: http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/gba/vboyadvance.html
To play a game you will have to download a ROM. These are pretty easy to find, google "(GAME NAME HERE) rom" and download whatever one strikes your fancy. After you download it, one up Visual Boy, go "File, open" and choose your ROM file. Done.
-Mekapaedia.
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