[TriLUG] Win4Lin

[C TC via TriLUG]

Yes, but maintained.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:

> Crossover is effectively wine though.
>
> On Mar 11, 2015 10:33 AM, "C TC via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG <
> > trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Scott Chilcote
> > > scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
> > > Cary, NC USA
> > >
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