On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/01/12 10:35, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Scott Ferguson >> <prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 01/01/12 07:16, Patrick Wiseman wrote: >>>> Hi: >>>> >>>> I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with a Rosetta Stone >>>> language program on a Linux box, either the web-based or the DVD >>>> program. �I want to (re)learn French, and most reviews suggest that >>>> Rosetta Stone is the best. >>>> > <snipped> > >> At the product website, it says it >> runs on Windows AND Mac OS X, which (you may or may not know) is UN*X >> underneath, so there was at least a chance it might run on Linux, >> depending on what format the DVD uses. (And the audio is MP3.) > > DVD format is not the problem. > > Large chunks of OSX are based on NeXT/FreeBSD - so maybe, with some > work, it'll run on Debian KFreeBSD. I suspect Cocoa would need some > coaxing though. > I'm just guessing - but I'd suggest you don't buy the software on the > strength of OSX == Unix (a posix *certification*), therefore as Debian > == posix compliant == OSX software will run on it.
I wasn't going to BUY it on that basis; I asked if anyone here had experience with it on that basis. And, obviously, I know that OS X software doesn't just "run" on Linux. I think you take me for an idiot; I'm not. Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cajvvkspb6pft4zvnhzzkgr_kv1bn3cr8ifxqjmauwud8rnf...@mail.gmail.com