[TriLUG] A true newbie

[Sinner from the Prairy]

Avui, Dimecres 01 Maig 2002 09:01, no tenieu res mes que fer i me vareu enviar 
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> I use all 3, Win4Lin, VMWare, and Wine. They all work great for certain
> situations. For example, I'm using Outlook 2000 via Crossover Office (a
> commercial Wine implementation) to send this email. You can have linux and
> live in a Windoze world!!!

I have used all of them as well. My conclusions:

- VmWare: when you need to use a full Windows or specifically use NT/2000... 
or applications not supported by Win4Lin or big amounts of RAM (more than 
128MB). Good for testing: in one machine, you can use Linux + 
VmWare-Windows98 *and* VmWare-WindowsNT *and* VmWare-Windows2000 *and* ... Of 
course, if you have them all running at the same time, you will need a 
truckload of RAM and all the CPU power that you can find. It is very 
resource-hungry; not for low-end machines. You need a copy of Windows to run 
it. You can also get VmWare for Windows and there, install other Windows 
versions and/or Linux.

- Win4Lin: When you need to use a full Windows or an application supported by 
Win4Lin. Remember that, in the last version, Win4Lin can only run Windows 
95/98/Me. Win4Lin also only supports a maximum of 128 MB of RAM for its 
"emulated-Windows".  It also requires using a propietary kernel module. It 
works well on not-that-new computers (like ~400 MHz). You also need a copy of 
Windows to run it.

- WINE: when you need to run a few programs, not the whole Windows thing. 
Codeweavers has the Office-plugin (for Office + Outlook +IExplorer, AFAIK) 
and the CrossOver-plugin (for QuickTinme and WindowsMediaPlayer). There's 
also WineX from Transgaming, specialy oriented for gamers and applications 
that rely on DirectX. You want a decent computer to run Wine. IT is not 
mandatory to have a copy of Windows to run it. On the Linux section of my 
website, you'll find more about Wine.

I use Wine, because I only need a game and the QuickTime player. 



Salut,
Sinner
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