[TriLUG] Win4Lin

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

Crossover is effectively wine though.

On Mar 11, 2015 10:33 AM, "C TC via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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> I'd suggest checking out CodeWeavers Crossover. Used it for years
> on a RH laptop to run the Entire MS Office suite; including Visio 2007, MS
> Project.
> There were a couple of buggy items, but it did do it's job.
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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> > HI Brian,
> >
> > According to the wikipedia page, this product was discontinued in 2008
> > and the development has been discontinued.  The most recent version of
> > windows it supports is listed as XP, but there's no mention of SP
> > level.  It's possible that the page needs updating though.
> >
> > Your email message was a blast from the past. I was a Win4Lin developer
> > until mid-2001, when Netraverse crashed and burned along with the starry
> > eyed dot com speculators who were backing it.  Heady days!
> >
> > After it flamed out, a very small core of determined people (mostly in
> > Austin) kept the embers burning and fanned it back to life.
> > Unfortunately I can't tell you more, they built a new company around the
> > product after that.
> >
> > Scott C.
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> > On 03/11/2015 09:55 AM, Grawburg via TriLUG wrote:
> > > I have a couple of Windows applications I'd like use without going
> > through VirtualBox or Wine.
> > > I've heard about Win4Lin and wonder if it's something I should try. My
> > system is a Debian 7, 64-bit.
> > > I think I have found a source for the program - I certainly don't mind
> > paying for it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Brian Grawburg
> > > Wilson
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> > --
> > Scott Chilcote
> > scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
> > Cary, NC USA
> >
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