[TriLUG] re: conversion

[James Olin Oden]

On 3/5/07, Tom Ed White <tomed at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I'd like to second that the task oriented approach is IMHO more effective,
> esp. more effective than trying to emulate windows apps under Linux.
>
> The things that are still issues for me:
>
> Some web sites will not accept a Linux client, ie Netflix streaming movies.
>
> Certain MS file formats.
>
> Small custom apps, such as a corporate VPN client, that will not run under
> Linux.
>
> These are minor problems, though, compared to the benefits.
>
Yes and if you absolutely had to you could use vmware (which is free
within certain bounderies) to occasionally boot into windows, but not
out of linux.

Cheers...james